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the people want the king to be not so powerful
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the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly
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the first governing document of Plymouth Colony.
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a statement of civil liberties sent by the English Parliament to Charles I . Refusal by Parliament to finance the king's unpopular foreign policy had caused his government to exact forced loans and to quarter troops in subjects' houses as an economy measure.
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describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers. They wanted the government to have access to the open ocean for trading.
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the first legal code established in New England
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for treason
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the king be WACK
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Their accession, known as the 'Glorious Revolution', marked an important transition towards parliamentary rule as we know it today.
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precedent for the american bill of rights
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"we hate britain"- the french and indians
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a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp
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5 protestors killed by british troops
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colonists dressed as native americans then dumped tea into the boston harbor
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meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods
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a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States
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a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War
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rallied colonists in support of the revolution
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"we hate the king" -America
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established the three branches of federal government
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addresses criminal procedure and other aspects of the Constitution
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established the principle of "judicial review"
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established the principle of judicial review in the United States
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provides the procedure for electing the President and Vice President.
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defined the scope of the U.S. Congress's legislative power and how it relates to the powers of American state legislatures
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held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
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held that the Constitution of the United States was not meant to include American citizenship for black people, regardless of whether they were enslaved or free, and therefore the rights and privileges it confers upon American citizens could not apply to them
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followed the American Civil War and during which attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy
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granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.”
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upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".
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finally citizens in their own country.
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responded to needs for relief, reform, and recovery from the Great Depression under FDR.
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he wins the election
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involved a Second Amendment challenge to the National Firearms Act of 1934. Miller is often cited in the ongoing American gun politics debate, as both sides claim that it supports their position.
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a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the religious rights of public school students under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution
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the U.S. Congress had the power under the Commerce Clause to regulate employment conditions.
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the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment protects students from being forced to salute the American flag or say the Pledge of Allegiance in public school
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The exclusion order leading to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was constitutional.
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the President's principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials.
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they have had control
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landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality
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outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
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the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prevents prosecutors from using a person's statements made in response to interrogation in police custody as evidence at their trial unless they can show that the person was informed of the right to consult with an attorney before and during questioning, and of the right against self-incrimination before police questioning, and that the defendant not only understood these rights, but voluntarily waived them.
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struck down laws banning interracial marriage as violations of the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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US labor law that forbids employment discrimination against anyone at least 40 years of age in the United States
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defined First Amendment rights of students in U.S. public schools
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federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress
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civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.
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a cabinet department of the U.S. federal government with responsibilities in public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.
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the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms"
