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not sanctioned by law |
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Benjamin Franklin had proposed an innovative plan for uniting the colonies |
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the first basic system of laws in the English colonies |
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political disorder |
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imposed the first direct tax onthe colonists |
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a government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government |
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single-chamber |
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a representative assembly with the power to enact laws |
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trade among the states |
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the money a government collects from taxes or other sources |
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declaring to the Second Virginia Convention |
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approved |
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was the author of the basic plan of government that the Convention eventually adopted |
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in which the power of the monarch, or government, was limited, not absolute |
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believed that people should contract among themselves to from governments to protect their natural rights |
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stands as the first example of many colonial plans for self-government |
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laws |
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severely limiting the king’s power |
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In retaliation Parliament passed the Coercive Acts which this is also known as |
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yeild |
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Colonial legislatures had the power to pass laws, and colonial courts heard cases |
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Rights, a document that would later be very important to the American colonies |
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established the principle that the territories were to be developed for statehood on an equal basis with the older states |
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an agreement prohibiting trade, on Britain, and agreed not to use British goods |
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provided the basis for the principle of limited government |
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