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Jun 15, 1215
magna carta
The document, essentially a peace treaty between John and his barons, guaranteed that the king would respect feudal rights and privileges -
petition of right
a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing -
English bill of rights
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Albany plan of union
a meeting of delegates from seven American colonies, held in 1754 at Albany, New York, at which Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan (Albany Plan of Union) for unifying the colonies. -
Boston massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars -
Boston Tea party
angered Americans over took a britsh tea ship and threw over all the tea on board -
first continental congress
These were elected by the people, by the colonial legislatures, or by the committees of correspondence of the respective colonies -
second continental congress
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deceleration of independence
the document permantly seperating the United states of America from the british government -
articles of confederation
was a article stating the confederation of the 13 colonies from the british governemnt -
shays rebellion
an armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts -
Philadelphia convention
The main business of the Convention began four days later when Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia presented and defended a plan for new structure of government -
Virginia plan
Written primarily by fellow Virginian James Madison, the plan traced the broad outlines of what would become the U.S. Constitution: -
New Jersey plan
The New Jersey Plan (also widely known as the Small State or Paterson Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention
