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English Bill of Rights
Prohibited a standing army in peace time. Had guarantees as the fight to fair tail -
Boston Massacre
Boston fired on Germany jerring crowd. They killed five people when they did this. -
Boston Tea Party
It was a group of men disguised as native Americans. They broke open chest and dumped cargo in the sea. -
Declaration of Independence
The 13 american colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent state, and no longer part of the British Empire. Justified revolution through the social contract theory. -
Articles of Confederation
This was approved on Novermber 17, 1777. With this it establish a firm league of friendship. -
Shay's Rebellion
It was precipitalced by several factors; financal difficulties brought about by a post-war economic depressing. A credit squeeze caused by a lack of nard curreny, and fiscally harsh governemt policies instituted in 1785 to solve the state debt problems -
Virgina Plan
The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the constitutional convertion of 1787. The virgina plan called for a new government with three separated branches. -
New Jersey Plan
The New Jersey Plan retained the unicameral Congress of the Confederation with each of the states. This plan also called for a "federal exective" of more then one person
