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1500 BCE
1. Moses
Should not to kill nor to steal -
600 BCE
2. Old Testament
special kind of agreement between people and God, influenced formation of colonial governments and contributed to constitutional structure -
100
3.New Testament
Continuation of the convent relationship between God and people. -
1215
4.The Magna Carta
unfair taxation to cruel treatment of prisoners protect people from unjust punishment by government -
5.The Mayflower Compact
Written contract between themselves an d huge influence on our government and constitution -
6.The Constitution Connecticut
First constitution written in a huge influence on the founders of America -
7.English Bill of Rights
people have the right to petition the government and have a fair and speedy trial by a surly of their peers and people -
8.House of Lords
upper chamber -
9.House of Commons
lower chamber -
10.The Enlightenment
intellectual movement concentrated in France -
13.The French and Indian War
Start between France and Britain of western Pennsylvania and Ohio led to the start of war -
14.The Stamp Act
Taxes of legal documents, pamphlets, and even playing cards -
11.English common law
common law since its commentaries based on custom, usages, and general principles -
15.The Boston Tea Party
Group of colonist dressed up as Mohawks Indians dumped 342 chest of tea -
16.The First Continental Congress
relationship with great Britain -
17.The Second Continental Congress
advocated independence with his pamphlet "common sense" was Thomas Paine -
12.The Thirteen English Colonies
British believed that colonist owed allegiance to the monarch -
18. Declaration of Independence
founded on human liberty and consent of the governed -
19. The Articles of Confederation
It didn't go immediate, had to be approved by the thirteen colonies -
20.The Constitution of the United States
Declaring colonial independence, fought the revolutionary war
