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1215
Magna Carta
ideas of limited government and civil rights had been basic to English law since even before A.D 1215, when the English nobility had forced king john to sine magna carta -
English Bill of Rights
all men and women to rule of law -
Sugar act
it halved the duty on foreign made molasses in hopes that colonists would pay a lower tax, 1764 -
Stamp act
this act imposed a tax on documents printed items such as wills -
Samuel Adams
one of the founders of the sons of liberty -
John Locke
maintained that people have natural right to life, liberty and property -
Boston Massacre
a mob gathered in front of the Boston customs house and taunted the British soldiers standing guard there. Shots were fired -
Boston Tea Party
the Indians dumped 18,000 pounds of the east India company's tea into the waters of Boston harbor -
Intolerable Acts
one law that shut down the Boston harbor. -
Lexington and Concord
the night of april 18, 1775, paul revere, william dawes, and samuel prescott rode out to spread word that 700 british troops -
Second Continental Congress
in may of 1775 , colonial leaders called the second continental congress in Philadelphia to debate their next move -
Battle of Bunker Hill
on June 17, 1775, Gage sent 2,400 British soldiers up the hill. -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson, Virginia lawyer
sumer of 1776, the wavering continental congress finally decied to urge each colony to form its own government. June 7 , virginia delegate.
