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provided the basis for the principle of limited gov.
the rights in the magna carta originally applied only to the nobility. generations interpreted this doc as providing protection against unjust punishment .the charter also stated that certain taxes could not be leived without popular consent
1607 - 1733
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new england colonies/ new hampshire,,rhode island,connecticut
middle colonies/newyork,newjersey,pennsylvania,delaware
southern colonies/maryland/virginia/nc/sc, georgia
1620
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pilgrims signed in 1620 stands as first example of many colonial plans for self-gov as pilgrims also agreed to choose their own leaders and to make their own laws,which they would design for their own benefit.
1625
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severely limiting the kings power.
1629
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the first basic system of laws in the english colonies.
1639
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this document laid out a plan for government that gave the people the right to elect the gov
1688
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set clear limits on what a ruler could and could not do
1690
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his writtings were widely read discussed.
locke reasoned that in a state pof nature,all people were born free,equal and independent. he believed that the laws of nature, o natural law provided rights to life.
1754
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benjamin franklin had proposed an innovative plan for uniting the colonies.colines rejected the plan
1756 - 1763
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defeat of france in america meant the american colonist no longer needed the british to protect them from the french.americans had to help the british fight the war. after the war was over the british charged the americans taxes to pay for the war which made the americans very mad
1765
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required them to pay a tax on legal documents
1773
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one of these acts of the massachusetts
1774
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the delegates debated what to do about the relationship with great britain
1775
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with three weeks, delegates from all thirteen colonies gathered in philadelphia for second continental congress.
1776
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the colonies had officially broken with great britain
1776
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through colonial legislatures and courts could be reviewed by commitee of kings privacy council
1776
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thomas paine influenced amny colonist.
1777
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the articles basically continued the structure and operation of gov as established under the second continental congress.
1785
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established the developed for statehood on an equal basis with the older states
1786
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armed groups of farmers forced several courts to close in order to provent farm foreclosures and the loss of their farms
1787
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these states wanted enslaved persons to be counted the same as free people to give the south more repres
1787
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the compromise suggested that the legislative branch have two parts(1) a house of representatives(2) a senate
1787
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was the result of two previous meetings
1787
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1787
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1787
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1787
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the political debate over ratification lasted
1787
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the proposed a gov based on three principles
1788
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1788
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1788
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1788
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1788
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1788
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1788
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1790
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