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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
established the principle of limited government -
Virginia House of Burgesses
first representative government group in the american colonies -
Mayflower Compact
first written plan of government for what is now the U.S. -
English Bill of Rights
Put in place when a new king and queen of Great Britain took the crown. -
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French and Indian War
War between the colonists and Great Britain -
Stamp Act
A tax imposed on all pieces of paper used by Americans -
Boston Tea Party
The Colonists rebelled against the taxes imposed on tea by Great Britain and dumped the imported tea into the harbor -
first coninental congress
General meeting for all colonies except Georgia -
Lexington and Concord
battles between the british and colonists -
Second Continental Congress
delagates from all 13 colonies meeting in Philadelphia -
Declaration of independence
documant declarion the colonists independence from Great Britain -
Articles of Confederation
first constitution of the U.S. -
Peace Treaty with Great Britain
Officially ending the revolutionary war -
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Shays Rebellion
Series of protests by american farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections -
Constitutional Convention
A meeting to address problems in governing the U.S. -
Virginia Plan
Edmund Randolph introduced 15 resolutions James Madison had drafted -
New Jersey Plan
a rebuttle to the virginia plan presented by William Paterson -
Connecticut Compromise
an agreement that provided a system of congressional representation -
3/5 Compromise
3/5 of enslaved people were counted for tax and representation purposes -
Commerce/ Slave trade Compromise
Forbidding the tax on exported goods -
The Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments of the constitution -
Rhode Island Ratifies
ratification of the constitution by the state of rhode island