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The Magna Carta was a charter that promised certain rights to the Berrons. Those rights include protection of church rights, protection from illegal inprisonment, and fair fudal payments.
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The document set out liberties that subjects had and the king cound not infringe. This also took three acts of the Mangna Carta away.
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The English Bill of Rights followed the Glorious Revolution .The bill limited the power of the crown and set guidelines for parlament.
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This was the first time uniting the colonies was formally suggested. Such an idean came from Ben Franklin.
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Shay's Rebellion was an uprising in Massachuttes against the United States. Shay belived they were subject to economic terrorism.
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The Massacre began when a mob formed around a British official. A total of five unarmed men were killed in the occurance.
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The Sons of Liberty carried out a plan to get back at England for the tea tax. A group of revelutionaries dumped the tea into the harbor to send a message.
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Was responsible for organizing the war effort. Was called in responce to untolerable taxes.
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The Second Continental Congresswas responsible for the Revelutionary War effort. They also drafted the Decleration of Independence.
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The document formally declared independence from Great Britain. The day it was signed became the national birthdate.
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The Articles of Confederation officially made the claim that the United States were a confederation. It was not officially signed by all thirteen state untill 1781
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The Virgina Plan was drawn up by Virginan deligates. The plan set up the idea for a population based reselution.
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This was in responceto the Virgina Plan. The plan called for two houses of congree.
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The new Americans were forming the new government after living under the Articles of Confederation. Changes include the drafting of the Constitution and election of George Washington as president.
