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Magna Carta
A limit to the king's power over the people. The English nobles wrote this government document in England, and civil war broke out later because no agreement was reached between King John and the nobles. -
Mercantilism
Mercantilism was a system that promoted trade to amass wealth, and moved countries away from agriculture. -
Mayflower Compact
the people on the mayflower wrote it so that when they got to land they would have a stable government the surves the common good. -
English Bill of Rights
This Government document was written so that there could be a free election to parliament, the right to bear arms, to petition the government, and to a fair trial. This gave Parliament the power to balance the power of the King. -
Cato's Letters
Cato the elder lectures Cato the younger about freedom of speech, expression, and rebellion against the king's rule in a collection of newspaper articles. This taught America's founders about liberty. -
French and Indian War
Great Britian gained territory in the Americas in this war, but costs and taxation led to the American Revolution. -
Stamp Act
An act of the British Parliament that obtained taxes from the American colonies by imposing a duty on newspapers and other documents. Colonials protested, which led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped create the revolutionary fight against the King. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was passed by the British parliament to show their power to legislate for the colonies in all matters. -
Tea Act
It was imposed on the colonist to save the struggling east India company. They wanted to sell their tea cus they had too much. -
Bosten tea party
Colonists dressed as native Americans and disposed of the tea in the British habor. -
Intolerable act
It was a law to punish the colonist for the Boston tea party. it was past by the British Parliament. -
First Continental Congress
It was the first meeting of, delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. -
Boston Massacre
In a riot, the British panicked and shot several civilian colonists on the street. -
Second contenital congress
It was the second meeting between the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War. -
Lexington and concored
The British sent troops to concore to seas weapons. The colonist later to be known as the minutemen, beat the British. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote to colonists to encourage revolution. Common Sense was a pamphlet. -
Declaration of independence
It was the document that made it official the American colinist were declaring the independence from Britain.
