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English document giving individual freedoms to citizens.
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The first successful English settlement is founded.
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Limited the King's power in several ways.
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Prohibited a standing army in peacetime,except with the consent of Parliament, and required that all parliamentary be free.
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Required the use of tax stamps on all legal documents, on certain business agreements, and on newspapers.
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Colonists go to the harbor where the tea was coming in and they dumped it all into the water after a tax was put on tea.
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The battles of Lexington and Concord spark the Revolution.
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The Declaration of Independence is signed!
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9 states all ratified.
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George Washington took an oath and became the first President of the United States.
