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The royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John.
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The first permanent English settlement in the United States of America, founded by the London Company.
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The first governing document of Plymouth Colony, written by the colonists.
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Set out specific liberties that the king was prohibited from infringing.
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An act of the Parliament of England, whose title is An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown.
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An early attempt at forming a union of the colonies under one government during the French and Indian War.
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A direct tax imposed by the British Parliament on the colonies of British America.
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Sparked rebellion in some British American colonies, culminating into the American Revolution.
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Five laws passed by the British Parliament relating to Britain's colonies in North America.
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Citizens of Boston raided three British ships in the Boston Harbor dumping hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor in protest of taxes.
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Convention in Philadelphia of 12 of the 13 colonies to respond to the Intolerable Acts.
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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, combining to become the United States of America.
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Discusses Independence and urged the colonial assemblies to establish independent governments.
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the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain.
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The first constitution of the United States of America that specified how the national government was to operate
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An armed uprising of farmers against taxes in central and western Massachusetts that was lead by Daniel Shay.
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Addressed problems in governing the united States.
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Addressed problems in governing the United States of America.
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An agreement between large and small states reached that defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.
