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This had established the principle that governments have limited power, and not absolute power.
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The first legislature that was established in America, everyone was to choose their ministers and leaders. This was also a representative assembly structure.
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Showed that the colonies were planning on a government. Pilgrims realized they needed rules to govern themselves, so they came up with this compact. They choose the leaders to make laws which would be benefical.
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This set clear limits about what the British can and can't do, this also incorporated parts of the Magna Carta and American colonist ideas too.
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A struggle with the French and the British over some land in western Pennsylvania and ohio, later many other countries had got involved too.
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This imposed the direct tax of items on the colonists, people had to pay taxes on legal documents, newspapers, cards and dice, plus much more.
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Colonists had dressed as Mohawk indians and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor. This was a protest on the increase on the tea tax.
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Colonial leaders had a meeting of the colonies, where they debated what to do with their relationship of Great Britian, and from this meeting they imposed an embargo.
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Here is where they voted to create an army and navy as well as to issue money to people. They made Washington commander, and this served as the acting government throughout the war.
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The British clashed with the Colonial men, which marked the start of the Revolutionary War. This is also known as "the shot that was heard around the world."
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The colonies had Broken away from Britian, 56 delegates had signed the document stating their freedom from Britian. Although the draft was made on July 2nd but it was revised and later published on July 4th.
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This was just the second Continental Congress continued, it planned for a central goveernment and a single chamber congress. A committee of one delegate from each state managed the government when congress was not present, because congress settled all the disputes.
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Britian recognized American independance, and the land that the United states got out of the deal greatly increased the nations boundaries.
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The protestors kept the courts closed so they could not foreclose upon their farms. Shay also marched 1200 men on the Federal arsenal in Springfield. all of this protesting was basically because of the farmers having economic troubles.
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Legislative branch that has two parts, a house of representatives with state reps based on population, and a senatewhich is two people from each state who were elected by the state legislation.
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3/5 of the slaves were to be counted for both tax purposes and for representation as a result.
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Congress could not ban slave trade until 1808, so congress got control to regulate the interstate commerce and foreign commerce. As a result the U.S. does not tax its exports as a result.
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This was originally to revise the Articles, but the old government was decided to be abandoned and then begin a new one. The new government was to be a limited and representative government, and the powers were to be divided into three seperate branches.
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A government based on a strong national legislature with two chambers and a strong national executive to be chosen by a national legislature, as well as a national judicary to be appointed by the legislature.
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This keeps the major parts of the articles of confederation, it is a unicameral legislature with one vote per state. Congress would be strengthened so they can impose taxes and regulate trade.
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This was the last colony to ratify the constitution, which led to the complete passing of the bill of rights.
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The first ten ammendments of the constitution. James Madisoon brought up twelve, but only ten of them were ratified.
