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Magna Carta
Great Charter, that King John was forced to sign in 1215.
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limited government
a system in which the power of the government is limited, not absoulute
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Petition of Right
severly limiting the king's power
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English Bill of Rights
a document that would later be very important to the American colonies
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reprentative government
a system of government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government
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Two Treatises of Government
first published in 1690; by John Locke
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Mayflower Compact
the pilgrims signed in 1620 stands as the first example of many colonial plans for self-government
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Great Fundamentals
the first basic system of laws in the English colonies
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
document laid out a plan for government that gave the people the right to elect the governopr, judges, and representatives to make laws
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seperation of powers
the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judical branches of government
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revenue
the money a government collects from taxes or other sources
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Intolerable Acts
retaliation Parliment passed the Coercive Acts
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Stamp Act
1765 imposed the first direct tax on the colonists
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committees of correspondence
1773 organizations
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Albany Plan of Union
1754 Ben Franklin had proposed an innovative plan for uniting the colonies
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embargo
an agreement prohibiting trade, on Britian, and agreed not to use British goods
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Declaration of Independance
most famous documents in history
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unicameral
single-chamber
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Northwest Ordinance
1787 established the principle that the territories were to be developed for statehood on an equal basis with the older states
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Father of the Constitution
James Madison, often called
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interstate commerce
trade among the states, and foreign commerce
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extralegal
not sanctioned by law
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Patrick Henry
was a strong opponent of the Constitution.
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anarchy
political disorder
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