government

  • 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    an Act of the Parliament of England that set out certain basic civil rights and clarified who would be next to inherit the Crown
  • sugar act

    sugar act
    cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum
  • stamp act

    stamp act
    required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards
  • Dec. of Independence

    Dec. of Independence
    Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in both the engrossed version and the original printing, is the founding document of the United States
  • Constitution

    Constitution
    is an Act of the Parliament of England that set out certain basic civil rights and clarified who would be next to inherit the Crown