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  • Magna Carta
    Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    The Magna carta was written in order to protect life, liberty, and property from the king of england, trial by jury was established, and due process of law.
  • Mayflower compact

    Mayflower compact

    This was a social contract where the pilgrims would follow the rules of the king if he gsve them protection and order.
  • petition of right

    petition of right

    The petition ordered that unnecessary taxation, imprisonment without reason, and other breaches of the law were prohibited.
  • Navigations act

    Navigations act

    The trade benefits of the british colonies stayed inside the brtish empire.
  • English bill of rights

    English bill of rights

    The crowns power over the vitizens was limited, making it so they could not interefer with the law.
  • Proclamamtion of 1763

    Proclamamtion of 1763

    Forbade settlement beyond a line "drawn" in the applachian mountains.
  • sugar act

    sugar act

    Taxes were higher on sugar
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act

    tax stamps were added to printed documents to signify that it had tax.
  • boston tea party

    boston tea party

    Opposing the high taxation of tea by dumping loads of it into the boston harbor.
  • coercive act

    coercive act

    took away masaschusetts self governing rights
  • first continental congress

    first continental congress

    fight against the britsh "intolerable act" and start to govern themselves.
  • first shot at Lexington concord

    first shot at Lexington concord

    The american revolution has begun!
  • second continental congress

    second continental congress

    The rough draft of the declaration of independence was made.
  • declaration of Independence

    declaration of Independence

    Led america into their own independence.