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The Magna Carta helped move from rule of man to rule of law and outlined individual rights which king could not violate. This included taxation and trial provisions.
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The first legislative assembly in the American colonies
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The first governing document of Plymouth Colony
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This required monarchs to obtain Parliamentary approval before new taxes. It could not unlawfully imprison people or establish military rule during times of peace.
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Describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns
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The first legal code established in the New England colonies
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A military alliance between the New England colonies of Plymouth, Connecticut, New Haven and Massachusetts Bay
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Due to conflict between King Charles and Parliament, a civil war erupted, and King Charles was defeated and beheaded.
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Although they were chosen to rule, they had to govern according to statues of Parliament
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Free speech and protection from cruel and unusual punishment were guaranteed
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Representatives appointed by Colonial assemblies and a president general appointed by the king
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Placed a tax on sugar
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Great Britain put a tax on stamps for the Colonies
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British soldiers fired into a crowd, and five people died
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Quartering of British troops
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Repealed what Britain was doing (i.e. taxing, Intolerable Acts, etc)
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Assumed role of government; Continental Army
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Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense to plead a breakaway from England
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The colonies declared war on Great Britain
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First National Government
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The US realized that it was a weak national government with the Articles of Confederation
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Farmers were in debt and rebelled (ol' Scooty)
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Established a plan to acquire the Northwest Territory
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Contract in one state must be honored in another state
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Slaves could be counted as 3/5 of a person
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Established a three-tier judicial structure
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Both state and national governments were equal authorities operating within their own spheres of influence
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Established Judicial Review
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"The power to tax is the power to destroy"
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Court said only Congress has right to regulate commerce between states
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States had the right to nullify national laws
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Court said Scott was not a citizen
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States had the right to separate themselves from the Union
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The Union and Confederacy fought
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Granted large tracts of land to states; states sold land and used the money for colleges
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Railroads, telegraph, and new machinery changed the US
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Citizens of each state should receive all the privileges and immunities of any state where they are currently located
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Separate but equal
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If states didn't cooperate, they would lose their federal funding
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Allowed direct election of Senators
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Women get the right to vote
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Separate is inherently unequal
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JFK is assassinated, and LBJ took over
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187 African- Americans gathered at the state capital to protest against racial injustice
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Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
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Protects employees over 40 in the workplace
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Protects Americans with disabilities in the workplace
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After President Donald J. Trump killed Iran's soleimani. Gen Z doesn't take anything seriously, so they started making viral memes of WW3
