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Magna Carta
chartered in 1215 by King John of Great Britain. The Great Charter gave liberties to the common man. It was seen as a symbol from oppression, acknowledged certain specific rights of barons against the king and to recognize that the sovereign did not have absolute authority -
King George III
Succeeded his grandfather 1760 and hoped to lower the debt of the money Great Britain had borrowed during the war. -
John Locke
philosopher during the Enlightenment who believed in natural way of life, liberty, and property -
Sugar Act
Halved the duty on foreign-made molasses in the hopes that colonists would pay a lower tax rather than risk arrest by smuggling. Placed duties on certain imports that had not been taxed before -
English Bill of Rights
the Magna Carta principle was reaffirmed by this in 1763 -
Stamp Act
Parliament passed this act that imposed a tax on documents and printed items, a would be placed on items to prove that the tax had been paid -
Samuel Adams
One of the founders of the sons of liberty who led the acts that imposed tax on tea -
Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770 a mob gathered around the Boston custom house and taunted the British soldiers and 5 people were killed or wounded -
Boston Tea Party
a group of Boston rebels disguised themselves and took action against three British tea ships -
Intolerance Acts
Parliament responded to the king pressing parliament to act by passing a series of measures. -
Second Continental Congress
debated on the colonial leader's next move -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Gage sent 2400 British soldiers up the hill when they decided to strike at militiamen on breed's hill in Boston May of 1775 -
Lexington and Concord
parliament responded to the king pressing parliament to act by passing a series of measures. The first battle of the revolutionary war that only lasted 15 minutes on April 19 1775, this is when the colonists became enemies with Britain -
Common Sense
50 page pamphlet by Thomas Paine written in 1776 -
Declaration of Independence
a formal declaration that stated that all the colonies were officially now all states of one, independent government June 7, 1776 -
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia lawyer chosen to prepare the final draft of the Declaration of Independence in June, 11 of 1776
