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1100s to 1600s
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1100s to 1200s.
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Limited power of Monarchs.
Everyone was equal.
Trial byones peers. -
Representatives of common people in the 1300s.
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In the 1600s.
People believed in God at that time. -
1600s to 1700s, month and day N/A.
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1st representative assembly / legislature in English colonies.
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Established direct democracy.
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1st written constitution in America.
Assembly of elected representatives from each town to make laws.
Popular election of governer and judges. -
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Eliminated cruel punishment.
Right to fair trial.
Guaranteed free elections to Parliament. -
Each colony has a governer elected by colonists or appointed by king.
Each legislature with representatives elected by free adult males. -
Establish basis of US constitution and Bill of Rights.
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1st discussion of colonies for union against British gov't.
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Taxed all paper goods.
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Colonists provide barracks and supplies to British troops.
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Allowed British officers to enter anywhere.
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British could ship tea to the colonies without tax making it cheaper than colonial tea.
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Philadelphia demands rights as British citizens to King George 3.
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1st battle of the American Revolution.
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Parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for American colonists in all cases.
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Moved many undecided colonists toward the belief that independence was the only course of action.
