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It was first drsfted on June 15.
It was created to make peace between the king and a group of rebels -
The Petition of Rights is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing.
It was passed on JUne 7, 1628 -
It is an English precursor for the Constitution.
It limited the power of English sovereign. -
Was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.
The plan was made on July 10th, 1754. -
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars.
It was caused by a lot of tension from the American colonies. -
Famed an act of American coloial defiance served as a pretest agaisnt taxaction.
This pushed the two sides closer to war. -
This was a meetng of the delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies.
It was in the early American Revolution. -
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies.
It was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
The Decloration of independence is one of the nation's most cherished symblos of liberty.
Thomas Jefferson was the first to sign it. -
This was the first constitution of the United States.
The ratification of the Articles of Confederation did not occour until March 1st, 1781. -
This was an armed uprising that took place in Massachusetts.
Some historians believe that it "fundamentally altered the course of United States". -
This took place when Americans recoginized that the Articles of Confederation had to be modified.
Some of the powers of the articles were no power to tax and no power to regulate commerce. -
The New Jersey Plan was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention.
It is also known as the "Small State Plan", or the "Paterson Plan". -
This was also known as the "Randolph Plan".
It was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch.
