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Magna Carta ~ Great Charter
formal document stating that the King had to follow the laws of the land; guaranteed the rights of individuals against the wishes of the King; signed by King John -
America's first permanent English colony; located in Virginia; served as the capital for the colony for 83 years
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determined authority within the settlement; established that the colony was free of English Law; 41 English colonists signed it on the Mayflower ship; was the first written framework of government established in what is now the US
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major English constitutional document that sets out specific laws that the King is prohibited from violating
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guaranteed certain rights to the citizens of England; signed by William of Orange and Mary II after being affirmed as co-rulers of England and Ireland by the English Parliament
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a plan to unify the government for the Thirteen Colonies
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law requiring every colonial resident to pay taxes on every printed piece of paper including legal documents, bills of sale, contracts, wills, advertising, pamphlets, almanacs, and even playing cards
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a street fight that occurred between the "patriot" mob and British soldiers to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts; killed 5 people including Crispus Attucks - an innocent bystander
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led by Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty; the crew threw 342 chests of tea overboard in a protest against the tax on tea
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name by the American Patriots for a series of disciplinary laws passed by the British Parliament after the Tea Party; meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into the harbor
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meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies; American colonial governments coordinated their resistance to British rule
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war of independence led by George Washington; began when the British started raising taxes
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announced that the thirteen colonies were now thirteen independent sovereignty states (no longer a part of the British Empire)
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the original constitution of the United States; served as the written document that established the functions of the government after it declared independence from Britain
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series of confrontation that took place in Massachusetts between desperate debtor-farmers and state government authorities
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held by the delegates from the 13 states that compromised the US; original purpose was to address the problems facing the federal government; what actually occurred was the formation of the US Constitution
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agreement that defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the US Constitution
