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A legal English charter that required KIng John to proclaim certain rights and accepted he was not above the law.
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The capitol of colonial America was founded at Jamestown and lasted for 83 years. Located in Virginia.
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The first governing document of Plymouth Colony
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Passed by Parliament, invtied William and Mary to become sovereigns of England.
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The Jemison's were establishing their home in the colonies, when Mary got kidnapped in the cross-fire of the anger between the Indians and the British.
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Refers to the main British enemies: French and Native Americans, during the Seven Years' War. It ended in 1763.
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A war between all the major European Powers of the time. It ended in 1763.
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A slogan created by the 13 colonies because they believed that Great Britain shouldn't tax them without representation.
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Parliment imposed the law the colonists had to pay taxes on stamps.
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When the colonists threw rocks and snow at British soldiers, an incident happened. Five people were killed at the hands of british soldiers.
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Tensions grew for the colonists when Parliament created and act that would allow them to buy tea from East India cheaper.
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After official in Boston refused to ship British Tea back, the Boston colonists dumped the tea into the harbor.
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Acts passed by Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party that restricted colonists rights.
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A convention of delegates called because the colonists wanted the change the new Coercive Acts.
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A convention of delegates from the 13 colonies than came together to discuss their independence.
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Began as a war between Great Britian and the 13 Colonies and eventually concluded a global war. It ended in 1783.
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A document created in the 2nd Continental Congress that declared that the 13 colonies would be independent from Britain.
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After America won it's independence, Francis S. Key was inspired by the American Flag and wrote this.