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established the principle of limited government
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first representative government group in the american colonies
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first written plan of government for what is now the U.S.
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Put in place when a new king and queen of Great Britain took the crown.
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War between the colonists and Great Britain
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A tax imposed on all pieces of paper used by Americans
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The Colonists rebelled against the taxes imposed on tea by Great Britain and dumped the imported tea into the harbor
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General meeting for all colonies except Georgia
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battles between the british and colonists
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delagates from all 13 colonies meeting in Philadelphia
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documant declarion the colonists independence from Great Britain
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first constitution of the U.S.
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Officially ending the revolutionary war
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Series of protests by american farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections
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A meeting to address problems in governing the U.S.
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Edmund Randolph introduced 15 resolutions James Madison had drafted
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a rebuttle to the virginia plan presented by William Paterson
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an agreement that provided a system of congressional representation
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3/5 of enslaved people were counted for tax and representation purposes
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Forbidding the tax on exported goods
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The first 10 amendments of the constitution
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ratification of the constitution by the state of rhode island