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magna carta
most important legal documents in the history of democracy. -
Albany Plan of Union
This popular woodcut was seen often during the later colonial era, and urged the colonists to overcome their parochial interests -
Boston Tea Party
Boston, the arrival of three tea ships ignited a furious reaction
Needing money to pay off its considerable debts, the British government imposed a series of new taxes on the American Colonies in the 1760s. -
First Continental Congress
was a convention of delegates from twelve British North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall -
Second Contenintal Congress
meeting in Philadelphia in the ... in the Journals of the Continental Congress -
Articles of Confederation
the first constitution of the United States -
Philadelphia Convention
The Constitutional Convention -
Bill of Rights
Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition
