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The Magna Carta limited the power of the King and gave more power to the people
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Settled in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London
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Written on the mayflower in 1620
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Set guidelines for what the king can and can't do
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Document that declared rights and liberties of people
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A plan to create a unified government of the thirteen colonies
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British Law that made the colonies pay taxes on paper, paint, legal documents, and glass
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A group of British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists
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Revolutionaries poured tea imported from Britain into the Boston Harbor
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A series of punitive laws passed by Britain
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A meeting of twelve of the colonies to discuss the British
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Started with a shot by a minuteman in Concord, Massachusets
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All thirteen colonies met and decided to fight the British
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Document that declares the colonies separate from the British
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The first constitution of the United States. It was agreed upon by all thirteen colonies. It was in affect from 1781 to 1789
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Also know as the Philadelphia convention
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A series of protests in the colonies from 1786 to 1787
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An agreement between large and small states about representation in the government
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Convention meant to fix the Articles of Confederation
