1600-1700

  • Petition of Rights

    Parliament passes Petition of Rights. It stated that no taxes except from Parliament, no quartered troops, and no arbitrary imprisonment.
  • Pennsylvania

    The colony of Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn.
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    Navigation Acts

    It stated that English goods had to be shipped by Englishmen's ships. All foreign goods had to be shipped by Britain so they could tax them.
  • Two Treatises of Government

    A document that was written by Locke to help ushers in freedom and equality.