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english bill of rights
is an Act of the Parliament of England passed on 16 December 1689. It was a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary. -
boston massacre
known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others -
boston tea party
was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, a city in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies -
first continental congress
was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies that met. at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution -
second continental congress
was a convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies that started meeting, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun -
articles of confederation
formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution -
philadelphia convention
to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. -
virginina plan
. The Virginia Plan was notable for its role in setting the overall agenda for debate in the convention.
