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Magna Carta
Limited power of the monarch and made sure that no person was above the law. Written by parliament and was the first written gov in Great Britain. -
Mayflower compact
Agreement between colonists to create laws that serve the greater good. -
English bill of rights
Expand the power of parliament, the people and limit the power of the king. -
Cato's letters
Cato the elder wrote a collection of newspaper articles that argued against the kings rule. -
French Indian war
Colonies of British America against new France both side were supported by their parent countries and American Indian's. -
Mercantilism
National economic policy that maximizes exports and minimizes imports. (Money focused) -
Stamp act
Document that imposed direct taxes on British colonies for paper and ink products. -
Declaratory act
Stated that parliaments taxing authority was the same in great Britain as in America. -
Townshend act
Series of British acts parliament passed that imposed new laws and taxes on the American colonies. -
Boston massacre
Confrontation where British soldiers were harassed by a mob and this resulted in them killing several people. -
Tea act
Act to bail out the east India company which was a key role of British economy, the act gave them company full control of tea trade and importation in the colonies. -
Boston tea party
The tea acts were met with resistance the tea party was a protest where protesters dressed like Indians dumped tea in the ocean. -
Intolerable/coercive acts
Took away self governance imposed stricter laws on the colonists. They also imposed very strict taxes which resulted in outrage from the colonists. -
First continental congress
Meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies when they decided to become the united states. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
First battles of the revolutionary war -
second continental congress
Governing body from '75-'81. Addressed issues the first one didn't -
Common sense
Document written by Thomas Paine telling the people why they should declare independence from Great Britain in common language for all to understand. -
Declaration of Independence
Very important document officially declaring independence from Britain signed by delegates from all 13 colonies.
