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The Magna Carta included guarantees of such fundamental right as trial by jury and due process of law (protection aganist the arbitrary taking life, liberty, or property)
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The Petiton of Right limited the king power in several ways. The document the king may not impose martial law.
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The document prohibited a standing army in peace time, except with the consent of Parilment.
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That body would have the power to raise military and naval force, make war and peace with Native Americans regulate trade with them.
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British troops in Boston fired on a jeering crowd, killing five people. Mob violence erupted at several parts, and many colonists supported a boycott.
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A group of men, disguised as Native Americans, boarded three tea ships in Boston Harbor. They broke open the chests and dumped the ship's cargo into the sea
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The delegate urged the colonies to refuse all trade with the English until the hated taxes regulations were repealed
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Congress fought a war, raised armies and a navy borrowed funds, bought supplies, created money system made treaties power
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The Declaration was also groundbreaking because it founded on the concept of the consent of the government.
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It established "a firm league of friendship" among the state. In effect the Article created a structure that more closely resembled an alliance of independent states than a government
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Daniel Shay who had served as an officer in the War of Independence, led an armed uprising that forced several state judges to close their court
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The Plan called for a new government with three seperate branches : legiislature, executive, and judical.
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Retained the unicameral Congress of the Confederation with each of the State equally represented.
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The creation of a entirely new kind of government for the United States of America.This governmet would derive its power from a constitiution.
