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The Magna Carta is a document that King John was forced to sign
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The 1st permanent English colony in North America
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The first agreement for self-government in America
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Document signed by King Charles I of England; declared that even the monarch was subject to the laws of the land
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Established freedom from taxation without representation, outlawed cruel and unusual punishment, and guaranteed the right to bear arms
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plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes
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Law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
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British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonists killing five men.
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Colonists, disguised as Indians, sneaked onto three tea-filled ships and dumped over 340 tea chests overboard.
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Harsh series of laws passed by the British to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
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Result of John Adams invite to all colonies for a convention in Philadelphia.
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The battle of Lexington occurred, the first shot at Lexington marked the first blood spilled in the war of the American independence
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The document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain
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Meeting to make an army and write the Deceleration of Independence
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The 1st "Constitution" of the United States of America
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Farmer's in Massachusetts attacked courthouses and other government buildings to protest that the government was taking their property
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This was a 1787 meeting called by Congress to amend the Articles of the Confederation
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Gave each state an equal number of senators regardless of its population
