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Document signed by King John of England decreasing the power the King of England can have.
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Jamestown was settled - the first recorded European colony in the Americas.
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This document was signed by 41 British colonists in an attempt to establish a government among the pilgrims.
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A major English document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing on.
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Act passed by British Parliament that dealt with constitutional matters and laid out certain basic civil rights.
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Plan suggested by Ben Franklin to unify the thirteen colonies.
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Act passed by British Parliament that imposed a tax on the colonies, requiring many printed documents, tea, and other British products have a stamp on them and to be taxed.
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Incident in which British soldiers killed 5 citizens and injured 6 in Boston, the citizens were throwing rocks at the soldiers.
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Political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, MA at which the demonstrators, some dressed as Native Americans, dumped a shipment of British tea into the Boston Harbor. This was a protest against the British imposed Tea Act.
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The name given to a series of punitive laws passed by the British parliament after the Boston Tea Party.
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Meeting of delegates from twelve of the original thirteen colonies, first met early in the American Revolution.
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The British garrison in Massachusetts was ordered to disarm the rebels in the area, leading to the Battles of Lexington and Concord, thus begining the American Revolution.
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Meeting of representitives from the first thirteen colonies, met just after combat in the American Revolution began.
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This document declared the thirteen colonies, then at war with Britain, to be 13 independent states, not a part of the British empire.
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The Articles of Confederation was the first written constitution of the United States. This document described the U.S. as sovereign and gave congress much of the power it holds today.
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An armed uprising led by Daniel Shay protesting unfair economic conditions, which was eventually defeated by a privately raised militia.
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Convention to address problems in governing the United States which had been under the Articles of Confederation.
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The agreement that large and small states agreed upon that there would be both population-decided and equal representation among states (senate and house of representitives).
