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Feb 4, 1215
MAGNA CARTA
limited the rule of the king -
PETITION OF RIGHT
English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. -
ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
limited the power of the English sovereign, and was written as an act of Parliament. -
ALBANY PLAN OF UNION
was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. -
BOSTON MASSACARE
It was tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts. -
BOSTON TEA PARTY
To protest British Parliament's unfair tax on tea. "No taxation without representation" -
FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies which called in response to "The passage of the Coercive Acts" by the British Parliament. -
SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
in effect, a reconvening of the First Continental Congress -
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
announced that the thirteen American colonies,regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire -
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
was a document signed amongst the thirteen original colonies that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. -
PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION
establishing the rules--including complete secrecy concerning its deliberations--that would guide the proceedings. -
VIRGINA PLAN
proposed a legislative branch consisting of two chambers (bicameral legislature), with the dual principles of rotation in office and recall applied to the lower house of the national legislature -
SHAY'S REBELLION
an armed uprising against Masschusetts. Started by Daniel Shay -
NEW JERSEY PLAN
was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government
