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series of laws enacted by parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party |
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political system with elected representatives |
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political system in which the government excercises complete control over its citizens' lives |
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a 1765 law that taxed all legal documents and printed materials |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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a document that outlined the form of government of the new U.S. |
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revival of religious feeling in the American colonies during 1730s and 1750s |
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an economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth by obtaining large amounts of silver and gold and by establishing a favorable balance of trade |
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| document that protected the nobles' privileges and authority, or control. also granted certain rights to all landholders-rights that eventually applied to all english people, these rights included equal treatment under the law and trial by one's peers. it limited the power of the monarch by guaranteering that no one would be above the law, not even the king or queen |
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supreme law of the united states-the Constitution of the United States, containing seven articles and 26 amendments, that has been in effect since its adoption in 1789 |
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a small group of people who together govern a nation or control an organization, often for their own purposes |
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free and equal representation of people |
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the lower house of the colonial legislature in Virginia |
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the introductory section of the United States Constitution |
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| rights to life, liberty, and property that no government could take away according to John Locke |
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