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The Magna Carta was made so that only English lords had rights. The Constitution was made with this in mind so that everyone can have rights.
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First official document signed in the 12 colonies.
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The Mayflower Compact was the first written framework of government established into the United States.
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French Indian war was between the French and Indians and had to do with land and trade problems.
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The Albany Congress was called to discuss relations with native americans and defense routines against the french
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A law passed by the British parliament that raised duties on imported sugar.
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The Stamp Act was an act imposed by the British that made all colonists pay taxes for every printed paper they had.
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British soldiers fired on colonists and this caused an uproar among the colonists which made them believe that they couldn't trust the british.
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The Boston Tea Party was organized by colonists in which they boarded an English ship and destroyed all the tea.
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The First Continental Congress was the first government of the 13 colonies. It was a meeting in which delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies responded to the Coercive Acts.
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The articles of Confederation was the original Constitution of the US.
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The Revolutionary war between Britain and the Colonies began
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This was the first engagement of militia that started the Revolutionary War
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The Second Continental Congress declares beginning of Revolutionary war.
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The Declaration of Independence was written and the 13 colonies became states.
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There were many rebellions that created riots and destruction.
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The Articles of Confederation were created to unify the states and to make a bond between them.
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The last battle of the Revolutionary War was battle of Yorktown and the 13 states set up a federal government under laws called the Articles of Confederation.
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The Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolution.
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Shays Rebellion came into place and they protested the foreclosure of farms, high taxes and briefly shut down the court.
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Representatives meet at Annapolis, Maryland to discuss interstate trades.
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Representatives go to Philadelphia to draft the Constitution.
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42 of 55 delegates joined in a meeting to sign the Constitution.
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The final draft of the Constitution was sent to Congress
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The constitution becomes the law of the land.