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Barons force King John to sign Magna Carta. It included guarantees to protect them from arbitrary acts of the King and limited power of the monarchy.
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It was written by Separatists, who traveled aboard the Mayflower in 1620. The ship members had no one to lead so they made the Mayflower Compact.
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The Petition of Right is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. Passed on June 7th 1628
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The English Bill of Rights put laws in place to stop royal interference.
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This was a plan to make a government for the Thirteen Colonies.
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Created by the Parliament to try and gain authority over the colonies.
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A meeting consisting of British and American representatives to debate the Stamp Act the Parliament put in place.
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The Declaration of Rights and Grievances was a document written by the Stamp Act Congress and passed on October 19, 1765. It declared that taxes imposed on British colonists without their formal consent were unconstitutional
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A political protest by the Sons of Liberty. They dumped three shiploads of taxed tea into the harbor.
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This at was passed by the British Parliament in 1774. It took government rights away from Massachusetts. This event sparked the American Revolution.
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It was a meeting among the colonies to establish how they are going to gain their freedom from the England.
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A convention between the thirteen colonies in Philadelphia, Pennslyvannia. This convention was to move America towards Independence.
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A document written by Thomas Jefferson declaring America's Independence from England. It was signed on July 4th, 1776.
