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Magna Carta
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Articles Of Confederation
Agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. -
Virginia House Of Burgesses
Virginia was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. -
English Bill Of Rights
The Bill of Rights is an Act of the Parliament of England -
Second Contenential Congress
Convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies. -
French and Indian War
American name for the "7 years war" -
Stamp Act
imposed direct tax by the British Parliament -
Boston Tea Party
Officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain -
First Continential Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Declaration Of Independence
It announced that the 13 American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
New Jersey Plan
Was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government -
Peace Treaty With Great Britain
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Shay's Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts -
Virginia Plan
A proposal by Virginia delegates -
3/5 Compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise between Southern and Northern states -
Connecticut Comprimise
An agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention in 1787 -
Constitutional Convention
addressed problems in governing the United States of America -
Slave Trade Comprimise
Agreement during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, protecting the interests of slaveholders, that forbid Congress the power to act on the slave trade for twenty years. -
Bill Of Rights
The Bill Of Rights is a collective name for the first ten amendments -
Rhode Island Ratifies
Officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
