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Provided protection from arbitrary taking of life, liberty, or property. Also set up trial by jury, and limited the government's power
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The first self-government agreement created and enforced in America. It was signed by 102 pilgrims on the Mayflower.
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Limited the king's power. King can not imprison and impose military without consent.
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Restriction of the use of foreign ships for tradr between the colonies and Britain.
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Laws that gave certain citizens, certain rights. It also controlled the king's power.
1. Laws should not be dispensed with or suspended withouth consent from parliament.
2.taxes shouldn't be lrvied with parliement's authority.
3.petitioning the monarch should not be feared of retribution
4.No standing army may be maintained during peacetime without paeliament's consent.
5.Protestants have their arms of defence
6.Election of members of parliament is free
7.Freedom of speech.
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Forbade settlement past the Appleachian mountains. Was passed by King George lll
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Put taxes on sugar. Was passed by parliament
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Required everyone to pay taxes on all printed documents. Form the quote "no taxation without representation"
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Protest against the tax on tea. Dumped a lot of tea overboard on a ship.
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Series of four acts established by the British. Was meant to restore oder in Massechussets and punish for their tea party.
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Organized the resistance against the Coercive Act.
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The first military engagement of the American revolutionary war.
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Meeting between the representatives from the 13 colonies. Mainly talked about what they were going to do about the American revolutionary war.
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America's leaders met up in Philadelphia to sign the decleration. It declared the United States was independant from England.
