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| document signd by King John in 1215, made the King subject to law |
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| passed in 1689, declared the supremacy of Parliament & kept the king/queen from passing new laws without Parliament's consent |
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| argued that the only way people could acheive liberty was through the seperation of governmental powers |
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| a set of basic principles & laws that states that the powers & duties of the government |
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| Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom |
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| (Thomas Jefferson's ideas about religious freedom.) This document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with tax money |
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the right to vote (any white man who payed taxes could vote) |
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| New Jersey allowed women to vote when it first joined the United States. This right was taken away by 1807. |
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| organized to create a national government |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| under it, congress would become the single branch of the government, but it would have limited powers in order to protect the liberties of the people (each state had a vote in the congress) |
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| it set up a system for surveying & dividing western lands |
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