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Magna Carta
The Magna Carta Is A Charter Agreed By King John. The Magna Carter Was First Drafted By The Archbishop To Make Peace Between The Unpopular King In A Group Of Rebel Berons , From Illegal Imprisonment , Access To Swift Justice And Limitations On Feudal Payments . -
Mayflower Compact
The Maylfower Compact Was The First Governing Document Of Plymouth Colony. It Was Written By Saints Who Were Fleeing From Religious Persecution By King James From England. -
The English Bill Of Rights
The English Bill Of Rights Is An Act That The Parliament Of England Passed On December 16 , 1680. The Bill Creates Separation Of Powers , LImits The Powers Of King and Queen , Enhances The Democratic Election And Bolsters Freedom Of Speech And It Deals With Constitutional Matters And Lays Out Certain Basic Civil Rights . -
The French & Indian War
The French & Indian War Was A War The Lasted From 1756 - 1763.The French And Indian War Was Also Known As " The Seven Years War ". When France's Expansion Into The Ohio River Valley Brought Repeated Conflict With The Claims Of The British Colonies, A Series Of Battles Led To The Official British Declaration Of War In 1756. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act Is An Act Of The British Parliament That Exacted Revenue From The American Colonies By Imposing A Stamp Duty On Newspapers , Legal & Commercial Documents. Colonial Opposition Led To The Acts Repeal In 1766 And Helped Encourage The Revolutionary Movement Against The British Crown. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act Was An Act That Required Merchants To Pay A Tax Of Six Pernce Per Gallon On Foreign Molasses. Because Of The Corruption They Mostly Invaded Taxes And Undercut The Intention Of Taxes. -
Quartering Act
Quartering Act Is A Name Given To A Minimum Of Two Acts Of British Parliament In The Local Governments Of The American Colonies To Provide The British Soldiers With Any Need Accommodations And Housing. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act Was An Act Of The Parliament Of Great Britain. The Act Was For Better Securing The Dependency Of His Majesty's Dominions In America Upon The Crown And The Parliament Of Great Britain. The Declaratory Act Accompanied The Repeal Of The Stamp Act And The Changing And The Lessening Of The Sugar Act . -
Townshed Act
The Townshed Act Lasted Through June 15 - July 2 , 1767. This Act Imposed Duties On Glass , Lead , Paper & Tea Imported Into The Colonies. Townshed Hoped The Acts Would Defray Expenses In The Colonies , But Many Americans Viewed The Taxation As An Abuse Of Power Resulting In The Passage Of Agreements To Limit Imports From Britain. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act Was The Final Straw In A Series Of Unpopular Policies And Taxes Imposed By Britain On The American Colonies. The Tea Act Was Made To Prop The East India Company Which Was Floundering Finacially And Burdened With 18 Million Pounds Of Unsold Tea. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party Was An Orginization Lead And Put Together By Samuel Adams Also Known As The Sons Of Liberty. Initially Referred To By John Adams As The Destruction Of The Tea In Boston Was A Political Protest By The Sons Of Liberty In Boston, On December 16 , 1773. -
Intolerable Act
The Intolerable Act Was The American Patriots Name For A Series Of Punitive Laws Passed By The British Parliament In 1774 After The Boston Tea Party. They Were Meant To Punish The Massachusetts Colonists For Their Defiance In Throwing A Large Tea Shipment Into The Boston Harbor. In Great Britian These Laws Are Referred To As Coercive Acts. -
Coercive Acts
In Great Britain This Is Referred To A Series Of Laws Having To Do With The British Colonies. This Act Took Away Massachusetts Self-Government And Historic Rights, Creating Outrage And Resistance In The Thirteen Colonies. They Were Key Developments In The Outbreak Of The American Revolution In 1775. -
The First Contenintal Congress
The First Contenintal Congress Was A Meeting Of Delegates From Twelve To The Thirteen Colonies That Met On September 5 To October 26 , 1774 At Carpenter's Hall In Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, Early In The American Revolution.It Was Called In Response To " The Passage Of The Coercive Acts " By The British Parliament. -
Second Contenintal Congress
The Second Contenintal Congress Was A Convention Of Delegates From The Thirteen Colonies Thst Started The Summer Of 1774, In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Soon After Warfare In The American Revolutionary War Had Begun. It Succeeded The First Contenintal Congress , Which Met Between September 5 , 1774 & October 16, 1774 Also In Philadelphia. the Second Congress Managed The Colonial War Effort, And Moved Incrementally Towards Independence, Adopting The United States Declaration Of Independence. -
American Revolution
The American Revolution Was A Political Upheaval That Happened Between 1765 And 1783 During Which Colonists In The Thirteen American Colonies Rejected British Monarchy And Aristocracy, Overthrew The Authority Of Great Britain, And Founded The United States. -
Lexington And Concord
The Battle Of Lexington And Concord Were The First Military Engagements Of The American Revolutionary War. The Battles Marked The Outbreak Of Open Armed Conflict Between The Kingdom Of Great Britain And The Thirteen Of Its Colonies On The Mainland Of Britain America . -
Viginia Declaration Of Rights
The Viriginia Declaration Of Rights Established The Fundamental Principles Of Free Government In The Natural Rights.Thomas Jefferson's " Summary View Of The Rights Of British North America It Reasons From Universal Natural Rights. -
The Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration Of Independence Was Actually Declared On July 2 And The Congress Formally Approved It On July 4 , 1776. The Declaration Of Independence Had Both A Utilitarian And Patriotic Purpose Of Being Made. It Also Named A Series Of Abuses That The King Subjected Them To. -
Articles Of Confederation
The First Constitution In Our Nations History Was The U.S. Articles Of Confederation. The Articles Of Confederation Greatest Weaknest Was That It Had No Direct Origin In The People Themselves - It Knew Only State Sovereignty.
