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It was written to protect peoples rights and property from the king. It was written as an attempt to avoid civil war.
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It was the first founded city in America. It was hard to live there because of disease and Indian attacks.
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It was written by the passengers on the ship on the way to america. It was written to what they think were rights they thought they deserved.
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that no freeman should be forced to pay any tax, loan, or benevolence, unless in accordance with an act of parliament. that no freeman should be imprisoned contrary to the laws of the land.
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The English Bill of Rights limited the power of the English sovereign, and was written as an act of Parliament. The Bill of Rights asserted that Englishmen had certain inalienable civil and political rights.
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The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. Although never carried out, it was the first important plan to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole united under one government.
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The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.
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A shooting that killed 5 people. This was caused by high tension when british troops came into Boston.
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A group of patriots protesting the new tea act dumped 354 chests of tea into Boston harbor. The patriots dressed up as indians.
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Acts that put high taxes on the colonists. One of them led to the Boston Tea party.
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It was to discuss the Intolerable Act. The First Continental Congress helped define common grievances against Great Britain and solidified colonial resolve to band together to encourage or force Parliament to address those grievances.
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The delegates meet after the battle of lexington and Concord. There they discussed the declaration of Independence.
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It started in Lexington when one side fired at the other and the battle of lexington started. It ended in1779.
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it is a statement of our independence as our nation. It tells what our rights as citizens are.
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Even though it was signed in 1777 it was not ratified by the 13 states until 1781. The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments.
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It was an armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. Protesters, including many war veterans, shut down county courts in the later months of 1786 to stop the judicial hearings for tax and debt collection.
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This is where the decleration of Independence was signed. This is also where Ben Franklin said his famous saying.
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Delegates meet to devise a plan for a structured government. The meeting also resulted in the election of George Washington.
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This was a plan to define the legislative structure and set up a system that would enable all states to have fair representation. In this compromise the number of representatives is based on population.
