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Its crumbling, water-stained and written in medieval latin, but the madna carta has managed to remain relevant to the cause of human rights.
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An important document setting out the rights and liberties of the subject as opposed to the prerogatives of the crown
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prohibited a standing army in peace time, except with the consent of parliament, and required that all parliamentary elections be free.
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This plan was adopted in1754. It was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.
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The Boston Massacre was an incident that led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on March 5, 1770,
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It was a group Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea. sized 342 chests of tea.
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the colonists sent a declaration of rights to king George III
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The colonists sent a declaration of rights to king George III
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The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met beginning on May 10, 1775
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the second continental congress adopter
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The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789
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Many farmers in this area suffered from high debt as they tried to start new farms.
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known as the Randolph Plan, after its sponsor, or the Large-State Plan
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The Convention Philadelphia of representatives from each of the former colonies.
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The New Jersey Plan of 1787, also referred to as the 'small states plan,' was presented on June 15, 1787 to the Constitutional Convention.
