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1. what is Magna Carta?

• Them Though not initially successful, it was reissued and became a foundational document for common law and democratic principles in England and the United States. 

• the "Great Charter" at Runnymede, which guaranteed rights like due process, a fair trial by jury, and freedom from arbitrary seizure of property

• abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime It states

• a charter of rights agreed to by King John of England in 1215, forcing the king and government to be subject to the law, not above it

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1. what does Mayflower Compact mean?

• The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower.

• It was signed because the Mayflower passengers landed outside their original patent in the Virginia territory, creating a need for their own laws for the general good of the colony

• a 1620 agreement signed by the male passengers of the Mayflower ship, establishing a basic framework for self-government in the Plymouth Colony

• the people aboard, it was a necessary social contract, binding them to obey just and equal laws to be created by their government. 

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1. Declaration of Independence (Who wrote it, what was it) ?

• The Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in the original

• The Declaration was unanimously ratified on July 4 by the Second Continental Congress, whose delegates represented each of the Thirteen Colonies.

• the Declaration the centerpiece of his Gettysburg Address, widely considered among the most famous speeches in American history.

• the Thirteen Colonies, however, perspectives varied on the British Empire. The colonies were not directly represented in Parliament, and colonists argued that Parliament had no right to levy taxes upon them.

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1. what is a Pilgrims?

• Plymouth Colony in 1620 after sailing on the Mayflower.

• a person on a religious journey to a holy place

• e Pilgrims moved to the Netherlands around 1607–08 and lived in Leiden, Holland, a city of 30,000 inhabitants

• William Brewster had been teaching English at the university, and Robinson enrolled in 1615 to pursue his doctorate

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What rights did the English Bill of Rights give the people?

• The Bill firmly established the principles of frequent parliaments, free elections and freedom of speech within Parliament – known today as Parliamentary Privilege

• These liberties established a constitutional monarchy and served as a foundational influence for the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights. 

• The Bill of Rights 1689 is an iron gall ink manuscript on parchment. It is an original Act of the English Parliament and has been in the custody of Parliament since its creation.

• a free and fair parliamentary process, protection from excessive bail and cruel punishments, freedom to petition the government, the right for Protestants to bear arms for their defense

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what the Weakness of the Artilce of Confederation is?

• The national government could only request soldiers from the states, rather than raise its own army to defend the nation.

• The national government could not levy taxes, making it difficult to pay off war debts or fund government initiatives.

• lack of a strong central government, inability to tax or regulate interstate commerce, no executive or judicial branch, and a requirement for a unanimous vote to amend the Articles.

• The Articles created a weak central government, with most power retained by the individual states. This was a deliberate attempt to avoid the strong central authority they had

1. what the Boston Tea Party mean?

• the implementation of the punitive Intolerable Acts and further fueling the colonists' desire for independence and the eventual

• a political protest that took place on December 16, 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts.

• Members of the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Native Americans, boarded three British East India Company ships

• the colonies, and represented a larger cry against "taxation without representation"

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what does Stamp  Act mean?

• Facing intense opposition and a unified colonial stance, Parliament repealed the act in 1766, though the conflict ultimately contributed to the American Revolution

• a 1765 British tax on the American colonies requiring a tax stamp on legal documents, newspapers, playing cards, and other paper goods to help pay for British troops after the French and Indian War

• This first direct tax sparked widespread colonial protests and boycotts under the slogan "no taxation without representation".

• The primary goal was to help pay for the British military presence in North America following the costly French and Indian War. 

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Taxation without representation?

• a slogan from the colonial era, notably used by American colonists protesting British Parliament's attempts to tax them without granting them elected representatives in that Parliament

• the right to self-governance and representation in the legislature that levied taxes

• The phrase was the rallying cry of the American Revolution because it highlighted a violation of the fundamental principle

• The colonists and Enlightenment thinkers viewed this as tyranny, a position that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed

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