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Barons of England forced the King to sing it in order to assure protection of themselves against the King's heavy taxes and vast military. (pg. 31)
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The English Bill of Rights guaranteed the right to a fair trial, freedom from excessive bail, safty from cruel and unusual punshiment and no standing army in peacetime. (pg. 31)
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Where the events came to pass where america became a free goverment.
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In this plan Franklin proposed that each of the thriteen states form a congress made up of delegates from each colony, They would have the power to raise armies, declare war or peace with the Native Americans, insinuate trade, taxes, and collect customs duties. (pg. 37)
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Men disgusied as Native Americans bored british tea ships and smashed and opened chests of tea and dumped all the ships cargo into the Boston harbor to protest British control of the tea trade. (pg.38)
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The war between Britian and the American colonies for the freedom of the Americans. (pg. 39)
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The siging of the Second Continental Congress that proclaimed our freedom from britian. (pg.40)
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Described how the American goverment would run including how the president was chosen and the structure of the Congress. (pg. 57)
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Was the name for all of the seperate states bills of rights combined together. They set the laws for each individual state plus the laws from the Constition. (pg. 42)
