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Sep 2, 1215
Magna Carta
A document protecting the people from any unfair act by the King. -
The Virginia Plan
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Petition of right
Demanded that the king no longer imprison or otherwise punish any person but by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the of the land. -
The English Bill of Rights
Prohibited a standing army in peace-time, except with the consent of Parliament and required that all parliamentary elections be free. -
Albany plan of Union
The problems of colonial trade and the danger of attacks by the French and their Native American allies. -
Boston Massacre
The killing of five colonists by British regulars. -
Boston Tea Party
The Tea Act is passed. Colonists respond with the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
Parliament passed yet another set of laws, this time to punish the colonists for the troubles in Boston and elsewhere. -
Second Continental Congress
British governmemt continued to refuse to compromise, let alone reverse, its colonial policies. -
Declaration of Independence
To prepare a proclamation of Independence.
