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A charter of English liberties granted by King John to be the rule of law for the people.
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A compact of self-governance written by the male passengers of the Mayflower for Plymouth Colony.
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English constitutional document establishing protections against the state.
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First English settlement in America. Failed due to poverty.
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A bill that put into law basic human rights as well as who would inherit the crown.
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The plan to place the British North American colonies under a centralized government.
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An act that implemented a direct tax to the colonies, and required any printed paper to be stamped.
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What started as a brawl between a British soldier and some Americans turned into a massacre of a shootout.
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A protest against taxation without representation, where 342 chests of imported tea were dumped into the harbor.
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A punishment by the British in order to punish the protestors of the Boston Tea Party
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Representatives of 12 of the 13 colonies met to organize colonial resistance.
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When the Americans began to revolt against the British to fight for Independence.
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The convention where self-government was first implemented. Representatives assigned generals for the revolutionary war.
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The document that declared America independent from Britain.
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A Massachusetts tax rebellion.
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The convention in which it was decided how America would be governed.
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A compromise that large and small states agreed that each would get equal representation in the government.
