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A charter established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility.
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Jamestown, Virgina, the first sucessful English settlement was founded by English settlers searching for new land.
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The pilgrims signed the mayflower compact. It was an agreement between English settlers and the Indian tribes that already lived on the land.
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A document prepared by Parliment and signed by King Charles I of England in 1628.
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Document written by Parliament and agreed on by William and Mary of England in 1689.
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The plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes.
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This law required the use of tax stamps on all legal documents, on certain business agreements, and on newspapers.
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British troops in Boston fired on a cheering crowd, killing five people.
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A group of men, disguised as Natiive Americans, boarded three tea ships in Boston Harbor.
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The political and social developments of America's independence, including the origins and aftermath of the war.
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These new laws prompted widespread calls for a meeting of the colonies.
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The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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the 1775 congress of the colonies that established an army.
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Plan of government adopted by the ontinental Congress after the American Revolution.
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The Articles of Confederation, the nations first constitution, created "a firm league of friendship" among the thirteen states.
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Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts (mainly Springfield) from 1786 to 1787.Daniel Shay who had served as an officer in the War for Independence led an armed unrising that forced several State judges to close their courts.
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The Philadelphia Convention (now also known as the Constitutional Convention, the Federal Convention, or the "Grand Convention at Philadelphia") took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America
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In mid February of 1787, seven states had sent delegates to the Philidelphia meeting to devise a constituation that sets out a plan to build a government. This meeting became known as the Constitutional convention.
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Agreement during the Constitutional Convention that Congress should be composed of a Senate in which states would be represented equally, and a House, in which representation would be based on a States population.
