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An assemly confronted King John and demeanded the traditional rights were to be recognized, written down, and confirmed.
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A major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from fringing.
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And English precursor of the constitution along with the Magna Carta, and the Petition of Rights.
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A proposal to create a unified government for thirteen colonies suggested by Benjamin Franklin.
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The killing of five colonists by British regulars. The trials ended quietly. One took place eight months after the incident.
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A group of colonists protest thirteen years of increasing British oppression by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor.
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The First Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia from Septemer fifth to October Twenty-sixth.
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A convetion od delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in Philadelphia.
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The Declaration of Independence is at once the nstions most cherished symbol of liberty snd Jefferson's most enduring monument.
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The Articles of Confederation were in force from March first, 1781 until Msrch seventh, 1789 when the present Constitution went into effect.
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Shay's Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place in Massachusetts mostly in Springfield.
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The Virginia Plan was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison.
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The New Jersey Plan was a proposal for the structure of the United States GOverment presented by William Paterson.
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The Philadelphia Convention took place to address problems in governing the United States of America which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britian.
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