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Sep 3, 1215
magna carta
included rights like trial by jury and due proccess of law protection against arbitrary taking of life liberty or property. -
mayflower compact
first writen framework that helped establish the u.s. government -
petition of rights
influenced rights in the constituion like the billeting of troops, and also helped form the third amendment -
navigation act
wanted to put the theory of mercantilism -
english bill of rights
made clear limits to clear power
restored power to the monarch -
proclamtion of 1763
legal importance to first nations in canada
variation of indigenous states in the u.s. -
sugar act
represented significant change in policy -
stamp act
required the use of tax stamp on all legal documents -
boston tea party
it was a protest
put restictions on colonists -
coercive act
british government reaped benifits from colonists
made colonists have larger taxes -
first continental congress
established the course of the congress as a statement of princibles common to all the colonists -
first shots fired at lexington and concord
first millitary engagements of the american revolutionary war -
second continental congress
adopted the declaration of independence