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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta is a document signed by king John of england, and drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The document gave many rights to the British people, but some of the main points are protection of church rights, access to swift justice, and reducion of fuedal payments to the British crown.
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Mayflower Compact
The mayflower compact is the dopcument that sets up the first american goverment. it was writtien by the pilgrims when they first arrived in AmericaThe Mayflower Compact -
The petition of right
The petiton of right is a documentwhich sets out rights that cannont be infringed on, such as restriction on non-Parliamentary taxation, soliders no longer being able to go into someones home and stay there without permission, people can no longer be imprisioned without cause, and restriction on martial law. The petiton of right -
Navigation act
The Naviagtion ActsThe navigation act is a document that stoped goods to be traded on foregin ships, to keep more gold and silver from going to foreginers. This act also kept the british colonies from directly trading with other european counntries, specificaly the Netherlands, Spain, and France. The Naviagtion Acts -
English bill of rights
This document sets up limits for the British monarchy, and sets rules in the parliment, including free speech in the parliment, and free elections. The bill also gave rights back to protestants, giving them back their rights to bear arms. It also protects British citizens from cruel an ususal punishment. -
Proclimation of 1763
This document forbade the creation of settlements created past the appalachian mountains. -
Sugar Act
The sugar act is an act that essentialy redid the sugar act of 1733, which added a 6 pence tax per gallon of molasses. The intrestring thing about this act is that it helped escalate the anti-british movement, which eventually escalated into the American Revolution -
Stamp Act
The stamp act is an act that caused made all printed goods from england carry a stamp which increased the price and identified them. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party was a act where the "sons of liberty" threw a whole shipload of tea from the boston tea party into the boston bay. -
The Coercive Acts
The Coercive acts is document designed to suppress the American revolution through coercion, but the act had the opposite effect, and escalated the revolution. -
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The First Continetal congress
The first continental congress is a meeting of american delegates to discuss possibilites of dealing with the britishes actions, along with boycotting them economicly -
Shots fired at lexington and concord.
The shots fired at lexington and concord ment the beginning of the American Revolution, which caused American independence from Britian. -
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Second Continental Congress
Another metting of us delegates, this time it resulted in the creaton of the decleration of independence. -
The decleration of independence.
The decleration is the offical statement of American independence from Britain, but the American civil fully cause independence.
