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Includes guarantees of such fundamental rights as trial by jury and due process of law. (Protection against the arbitary taking of life, liberty, or property).
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documnent prepared by Parliament and signed by King Charles I of England in 1628; challeneged the idea of the divine right of kings and declared that even the monarch was subject to the laws of the land.
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document written by Parliament and agreed on by William and Mary of England, designed to prevent abuse of power by English monarchs
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plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies and the Crown.
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Act provided that many printed materials be produced on stamped paper produced in London and delivered with a embossed revenue stamp.
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The killing of five colonists by the British regulars, it was culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal Troops arrived to to enforce the Townshend Act.
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Direct action by colonists in Boston, a movement opposing the Tea Act. The colonists disgused themselves and dumped tons of tea offboard in reaction to the Tea Act.
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A reaction to the Boston Tea Party with a series of acts that were intended to punish Boston for the illegal destruction of private property (the tea).
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A convention of delagates from twelve of the thirteen colonies. They met to consider options for the boycott of the British Trade.
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Managed the colonial war effort, and moved towards independence.
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Announced that the thirteenth colonies were now independent states and no longer a part of the British Empire.
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established a "firm league of friendship" among the States. Each State kept "it's sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, Jurisdiction, and right...not..expressly delegated to the United States..."
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Attempted to prevent the courts from seizing property from indebted farmers by forcing the closure of courts.
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met to address problems in Governing the United States of America, the intention was to create a new government rather than fixing the existing one
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agreement during the Constitional Convection 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 State's population
