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It is a major English constitutional document, Sets out liberties that the king is prohibited from infrining upon.
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Provisions set up my Parliament to prevent abuse of power by future monarchs. Also included right to fair trial, freedom from excessive bail and from cruel and unusual punishment.
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Plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin. The plan proposed a congress of delegates from each of the 13 colonies.
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Event where British troops fired guns on a Boston Crowd. The troops killed a total of 5 people in the crowd.
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To protest British control of tea trade, a large group of men broke on three tea ships in the Boston Harbor. They threw all of the tea into the Boston Harbor.
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This was a group of delegates from 12 of the colonies that met in Philadelphia. They met to discuss plans for protest against Britain's colonial policies.
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Met in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775. The Congress included representatives from each of the 13 colonies.
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Document that declared the original 13 colonies independent. It declared that they where no longer under british rule.
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Approved on November 15, 1777. Established a firm league of friendship among the states.
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Named after Daniel Shay. it was an armed uprising that took place in Massachusetts.
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Presented on May 29, 1787. Called for new government with three seperate branches.
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Retained the Congress of Confederation with each of the states equally represented. It also called for a federal executive of more than one person.
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Took place in Philadelphia, Pensylvania. Was held to take care of problems with governing the United States
