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First document forced on to a king of England by a group of his colonies
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first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America
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A major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from
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an act of the parliament of England passed on December 16
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Imposed a direct tax by the British paliament spcifiacally on the colonies be produced on stamped paper
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British Army soldiers killed five male civillians and injured six others
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Political protest by the sons of Liberty in Boston
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A series of punitive laws passed by the Bristish parliament
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A Convention of delagates from 12 colonies that at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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5 AM, 700 british troops march into Lexington to find 77 armed minute men under Captin John Parker
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A convention of delagates form the 13 colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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a statement adopted by the continental congress which announced that the 13 colonies are no longer a part of the British Empire
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An agreement among 13 founding states that established the US as a confederation of soveriegn states
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Meeting held to address problems in governing the United States
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an armed uprising that took place in central and western massachusettes
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also known as Philadeohia
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an agreement that large and small states reached during the constitutional convention that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would
