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The first document to challenge the authority of the king, subjecting him to the rule of the law and protecting his people from feudal abuse.
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The first settlemnt of Virginia colony.
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The first governing document of Plymouth Colony. The first written frame work.
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English Constitution document that sets out specific liberties of the subject.
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Proposed by Benjamin Franklin and called for the formation of a permantent federation of the American colonies.
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A direct tax imposed by the British.
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A mob of Merican colonists gather at the Customs House in Boston and begin giving the British soldiers a hard time.
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Political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston.It was against the British Government and the East India Company. Officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of tea.
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A convention of delegates from 12 British North American colonies. They were to punish the participants of the Boston Masacre.
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Names used to describe a series of laws passed by the British.
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A convention of delegates that produced the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.
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Political conflict during the last half of the 18th century. Thirteen colonies in North America joined together.
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Nation's most cherished symbol of Liberty.
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Nation's most cherished symbol of Liberty. Mentioned the thirteen states in the U.S.
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55 delegates from several statesmet to frame a constitution for a federal republic that would last into "remote futurity".
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Address problems in the United Stastes.
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A compromise adopted at the constitutional convention. Providing the states with equal representation in the Senate and in the House of Represenatives.
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Document contained the rights that all citizens should have in a free and democratic society.
