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Also known as the, "Great Charter", A group of baron forces were seeking protection against the acts of the king.
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A document by Parliament and challened the idea of the kings right of power. Everyone was subject to laws of the land
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This document was written to ensure that the power of English monarchs won't abused.
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Benjamin Franklin aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes.
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A protest that resulted in 5 deaths that sparked the American Revolution
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A group of men, disguised as Native AMericans boarded three tea ships in the Boston Harbor. They dumped a whole ships cargo in protest of the Tea Axt and trade.
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It delegates from every colony except Georgia discussed the worsening situation nad debated plans for action against Britian.
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They acted like the first US government. They also built a military, formed treatys, and borrowed money.
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Congress named five people to write up a document to write rules for the United States to follow.
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A loose agreement between all the states and keeping it all friendly in the US.
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Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays led a group of rebels (called Shaysites) in rising up first against Massachusetts' courts,
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The convention addressed problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain.
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A proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
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A proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787.
