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The Magna Carta is a charter established by King John of England to make peace between the king and a group of rebeling barons. It promised church rights, swift justice, lowered feudal payments, and protection for barons from illegal imprisionment.
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First successful English Colony.
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The first governing document of Plymouth Colony
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English constitutional document that stops the King from infringing on specific liberties.
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Created seperation of powers of the king and queen.
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The Albany Plan of Union was a purposal to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies first presented by Benjamin Frankin.
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A act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies and required that many printed be produced on stamped paper made in London.
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Known as the Incident on King Street in Britain, British soldiers killed five male citizens and injured six others dispite being there to protect colonial officals, rising tension caused the soldiers to form a mob and fire in the crowd.
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A political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston where protesters destroyed a shipment of tea sent by the East India Company in protest of the Tea Act.
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A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party, It took away Massachusetts's self-government and historic rights causing outrage in the thirteen colonies.
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Meeting of twelve of the thirteen colonies to show formed authority.
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a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War. The second congress was a massive step towards independence.
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A statement adopted at the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia that stated that the thirteen colonies were newly indepent sovereign states.
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An agreement among all thirteen original states that served as the first constitution of the United States.
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An armed uprising in Massachusetts of four thousand farmers led by war verteran Daniel Shay's.
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An agreement that large and small states that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution
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Convention held to fix the problems of the Articles of Confederation in hopes of creating a more unified government.
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Held to address problems in governing the United States of America due to operating under the Articles of Confederation .
