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Period: Jan 1, 1215 to
Founding Era
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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Barons of England forced the King to sing it in order to assure protection of themselves against the King's heavy taxes and vast military. (pg. 31) -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights guaranteed the right to a fair trial, freedom from excessive bail, safty from cruel and unusual punshiment and no standing army in peacetime. (pg. 31) -
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Founding of America
Where the events came to pass where america became a free goverment. -
Albany Plan of Union
In this plan Franklin proposed that each of the thriteen states form a congress made up of delegates from each colony, They would have the power to raise armies, declare war or peace with the Native Americans, insinuate trade, taxes, and collect customs duties. (pg. 37) -
Boston Tea Party
Men disgusied as Native Americans bored british tea ships and smashed and opened chests of tea and dumped all the ships cargo into the Boston harbor to protest British control of the tea trade. (pg.38) -
Revolutionary War
The war between Britian and the American colonies for the freedom of the Americans. (pg. 39) -
Declartion of Independeace
The siging of the Second Continental Congress that proclaimed our freedom from britian. (pg.40) -
Constitution
Described how the American goverment would run including how the president was chosen and the structure of the Congress. (pg. 57) -
Bill of Rights
Was the name for all of the seperate states bills of rights combined together. They set the laws for each individual state plus the laws from the Constition. (pg. 42)
