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(Latin for “Great Charter”). This document protected the nobles’ privileges and upheld their authority. It also granted certain rights to all land-holders—rights that eventually came to apply to all English people.
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the Pilgrims, arrived in America. They built a settlement called Plymouth hundreds of miles north of Virginia.Even before their ship, the Mayflower, reached America, the Plymouth colonists realized they needed rules to govern them-selves if they were to survive in a new land. They drew up a written plan for government. Forty-one of the men aboard signed the Mayflower Compact.
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To clarify the new relationship, Parliament drew up the English Bill of Rights in 1689. This document stated that the monarch could not suspend Parliament’s laws; the monarch also could not create special courts, impose taxes, or raise an army without Parliament’s consent.
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He wrote letters that argued against the king's rule, fought for the freedom of expression.
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A conflict between Britain and France over on colonized territory in America. The war lasted seven years and created massive economic strain for Britain and the colonies.
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A series of acts that took away some of the colonists freedoms and required new taxing on everyday imports such as paper, paint,lead, glass, and tea.
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the theory that a country should sell more
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A law placed on the colonies stating what every letter, newspaper, or important document required expensive stamps.
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After the repeal of the stamp act, Britain passed the Declaratory Act in 1766 the stated that the colonies were to be taxed in the same fashion as Britain.
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British soldiers shot and killed several people in Boston while reportedly being harassed by mob.
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Act granted the main tea company the charter to ship the tea directly to the colonies and not have to stop in Britain first.
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A protest in the colonies against Britain's excessive taxing.
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A meeting of 12 delegates from the thirteen colonies.
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After the Boston Tea Party, Britain passed a set of laws that were intended to punish the participants of the protest.
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Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to try to encourage colonists to ask for Independence from Britain.
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The First battles of the revolutionary war.
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The second meeting of 12 delegates from the 13 colonies.
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The thirteen colonies declared independence from Britain in the first step towards becoming the United States of America.
