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Jun 12, 1215
Magna Carta
makes it where you cant assign anyone to crule and unussual punishment, -
English Bill of Rights
The english bill of rights limited power to sovereign, and was written as an act of Parliament. -
first continental congress
A protest about the Intolerable Acts. Representatives attended from all the colonies except for Georgia. -
Boston Tea Party
Massachusetts Patriots, seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor -
Declaration of Independence
Announces that the 13 American colonies, that were at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Giving us out amendments -
Philadelphia convention
To address the problems of the weak central government. -
Verginia Plan
the plan was about the outlines of what would become the U.S. Constitution: a national government consisting of three branches with checks and balances to protect the power. -
new jersey plan
a proposal for the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention
