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The first document to put into writing that a king and his government weren't above the law. King John of England had to sign it.
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When the pilgrims came on the Mayflower they didn't have any sort of rules or government so they created the Mayflower Compact to try to keep peace within the colonists.
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Settlers of Connecticut created their own government under the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
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Signed into law, the bill outlined specific constitutional and civil rights. Our constitution has a Bill of Rights based off of the English Bill of Rights.
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War with the French and Native Americans against the English. This caused a huge amount of war debt for England, resulting in high taxes for colonies, which started the war.
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First important proposal to unite the colonies. "Join or Die". Wasn't ever carried out.
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Meeting of delegates from 12/13 colonies who got together to discuss boycotting and other measures to retaliate against the Intolerable Acts. This was the first retaliation against the King.
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This meeting created a government, with ambassadors, creating money, and creating the Continental Army. This is where they wrote the Declaration of Independence.
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This told the English government that the Colonists were a separate country and it explained why they were.
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The first constitution ratified that failed.
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Angry farmers rebelled against high taxes that they couldn't pay.
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It said that each slave counted as 3/5 of a vote.
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Plan for distribution of votes based off of population.
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Meant that each state had an equal number of votes in a unicameral legislature.