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A document protecting the people from any unfair act by the King.
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Demanded that the king no longer imprison or otherwise punish any person but by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the of the land.
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Prohibited a standing army in peace-time, except with the consent of Parliament and required that all parliamentary elections be free.
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The problems of colonial trade and the danger of attacks by the French and their Native American allies.
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The killing of five colonists by British regulars.
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The Tea Act is passed. Colonists respond with the Boston Tea Party.
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Parliament passed yet another set of laws, this time to punish the colonists for the troubles in Boston and elsewhere.
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British governmemt continued to refuse to compromise, let alone reverse, its colonial policies.
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To prepare a proclamation of Independence.
