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Document created that required the King to proclaim certain rights to freemen, respect legal procedures, and know that that his will was bound by law.
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Event in which five civilians were killed by british troops the legal proceedings afterwards helped spur the rebellion.
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Event in which American colonists boarded British ships and threw their loads of tea into the Boston Harbor.
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When the delgates from the thirteen colonies came together to form the first government of the United States.
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When the founder fathers signed this document, it declared that the Colonies were free from British rule.
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Officially the first constituiton of the United States of America.
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A rebellion in Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays after the end of the Revolution. Shays' rebels were angry over crushing taxes and debt. This caused George Wahington to advocate a stronger national government.
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A convention held after the war by the founding fathers in which they discussed the Articles of Confederation. Instead of fixing the articles, they instead made a whole new government.
