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1500 BCE
Moses
ten commandments -
600 BCE
Old Testament
special kinds of agreement between people and god. -
100
New Testament
it contributed to the way that future constitutions would be written -
1215
The Magna Carta
it opposed policies that included unfair taxation and cruel treatment to prisoners -
The Mayflower Compact
this was a written contract between themselves -
The Constitution of Connecticut
the first constitution written in America -
The English Bill of Rights
this existed for more than 400 years! -
House of Lords
this was the upper chambers where the first sons of noble families would discuss -
House of Commons
the members of the lower chamber were elected and were often the younger sons of noble families or wealthy commoners -
The Enlightenment
An intellectual movement that developed rational laws -
The 13 English Colonies
British believed that all colonist owned allegiance to the monarch
(Jamestown) -
The French and Indian war
A war between the French and Indian that was fought in western Pennsylvania and Ohio -
The Stamp Act
when the British taxed on common goods at overpriced deals -
The English Common Laws
courts of England since the middle ages -
The Boston Tea Party
when colonist dressed up as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston harbor -
The First Continental Congress
every colony, except Georgia, met in Philadelphia to discuss congress -
The Second Continental Congress
they immediately assumed powers of the central government -
The Declaration of Independence
a document that the 13 colonies signed in order to declare independence from Britain -
The Articles of Confederation
this did not go immediately is had to be approved by the 13 colonies -
The Constitution of the United states
When the founding fathers got together to make a declaration for us
