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The first attempt by the govern to limit the powers of the King in England.
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The first colony established by the English on American soil.
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First governing document of the Plymoth Document.
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A major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing.
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Passed by Parliament, it included but was not limited to the rights to petition the monarch and to have arms in defence.
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Delegates from most of the northern colonies and representatives from the Six Iroquois Nations met in Albany, New York, to adopt a plan of unionizing the colonies.
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An act of English Parliament to tax all paper goods in America.
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The killing of 5 colonist by British regulars.
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A direct action by colonists in Boston against the British government.
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A convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen original colonies.
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A series of acts including spending money, repealing taxes, and evacuating British troops after the Boston Massacre.
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The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire.
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The second congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence.
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Statement adopted by Congress that announced the thirteen original colonies to be independent from British rule.
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First constitution of the United States of America.
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Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts (mainly Springfield) from 1786 to 1787.
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55 delegates from the several states met to frame a Constitution for a federal republic.
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Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth created a compromise for a two-part legislature consisting of a lower and upper house.
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Ratifying the constitution, it started in Delaware.