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charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede. Original constitution
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The first permanent English settlement. 104 men came to America
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The first governing document of Plymouth Colony. Written by male passengers
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a major English constitutional document. It set liberties the king prohibited from infringing
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sets out certain basic civil rights. Clarifies who would be next for the crown.
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a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies. Suggested by Benjamin Franklin
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A fight for the thirteen colonies to get independence from Britain
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an act that proposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America
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British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed in Boston
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a protest by the Sons of Liberty because of the tax on the tea
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punitive laws passed by the British Parliament. It was meant to punish Massachusetts colonists
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a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies
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a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies
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an announcement of America's separation from Great Britain
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agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America
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an uprising in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis
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to revise the Articles of Confederation
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an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention
