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established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility.
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1st English settlement on the mainland of N.America, named for king James the first of England, founded in the colony of Virginia.
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written agreement composed by a consensus of the new settlers arriving at New Plymouth.
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expressed ideals that led to the American Revolution, English legal reform movement that led to the Civil war and deposing of Charles I in 1649.
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re-statement in statutary form of the Declaration of Rights presented by the convention parliament to William and Mary in March 1689 inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England.
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united the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other pupose;turned down by the colonies and the Crown.
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1st British tax on American colonists.
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leading event to the Revolutionary war, a street fight between a "patriot" mob and a aquad of British soldiers.
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protest against the Stamp Act Congress: group of men disguised as Native Americans, who boarded 3 ships in Boston Harbor and dumped tea into the sea.
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impartial administration of the Justice Act, Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act, Boston Port Act, Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act are all laws that were sponsored by British Prime MInister Lord North in response to the Boston Tea Party.
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convention of delegates from 12 of the 13 N. American colonies, called in response to the passage of the Coercive Act.
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*Samuel Adams creates the 1st Committee of Correspondence.
*1st Continental Congress convenes in the Philadelphia Boycott of British goods.
*Olive Branch Petition extended
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met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 12 of the 13 colonies present, omit Georgia, discussed managing the war efforts adn moving further towards independence by writing the Declaration of Independence.
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formal explanation of why congress had voted on July 2nd to declare independence from Great Britian, the birthday of the USA.
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established "a firm league of friendship" among the states and allowed few important powers to the central government.
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allowed congress no power to regulate domestic affairs.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To address problems in governing the USA, proposed to revise the Articles of Confederation.
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agreement between large and small states during the constitutional convention on 1787, that defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the US contitution.
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post revolutionary clash between New England farmers and merchants that tested the precarious institutions of the new public.
