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he first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law.
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it was the first document to establish self-government in the New World
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They stated the powers and limits of government.
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It encouraged a form of government where the rights and liberties of individuals were protected
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It increased British control and anti-British sentiment in the colonies,
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it was the first important proposal to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole united under one government
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to reassert its dominance over the American colonies following the Boston Tea Party
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To plan further responses if the British government had not repealed or modified the acts
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the first time in world history a new nation based on the First Principles of the rule of law
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The written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain.
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exposed the weakness of the government under the Articles of Confederation and led many to call for strengthening the federal government in order to put down future uprisings
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for creating the idea of representation according to population
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it allowed pro-slavery states to have a disproportionate influence on the presidency. It counted a slave as 3/5 of a person.
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it favored giving control of the federal government to the states