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1250
Magna Carta
When the English nobility had forced King John the sign Magna Carta. -
English Bill of Rights
Accepted by King William and Queen Mary. -
King George III
He succeeded his grandfather in 1760, hoped to lower the debt -
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John Locke
Locke maintained that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property. -
Sugar act
Did three things it halved the duty on foreign-made molasses. It placed duties on certain imports. It provided that colonist accused of violating the act would be tried in a vice-admiralty -
Stamp act
This act imposed a tax on documents and printed items such as wills, newspapers, and playing cards. -
Samuel Adams
One of the founders of the Sons of Liberty. -
Boston Massacre
Shots were fired and five colonist, including Crispus Attucks, were were killed or mortally wounded. -
Boston Tea Party
The “Indians” dumped 18,000 pounds of the East India Company’s tea into the waters of Boston harbor. -
Intolerable acts
only one law shut down the Boston harbor. -
Lexington and Concord
Paul Revere, William Davis, and Samuel Prescott rode out to spread the word that 700 British troops were heading for Concord. -
Second Continental Congress
Colonial leaders called the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia to debate their next move. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Cooped up in Boston, British general Thomas Gage to strike at militiamen on Breed’s Hill. -
Common Sense
Important ideas Thomas Paine in a widely read 50-page pamphlet titled Common Sense -
Thomas jefferson
Was chosen to prepare the final draft of the Declaration of Independence. -
Declaration of Independence
While talks on this fateful were under way, the Congress appointed a committee to prepare a formal.
