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- 2. Laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for resistance to British regulations
- 6. Document issued by the Stamp Act Congress protesting British taxation and regulations
- 7. England's representative government
- 8. First representative assembly in the American colonies
- 11. Evangelist used during the Great Awakening throughout the colonies
- 13. Document in which the Pilgrims covenanted under God to establish a civil body politick
- 18. Consisting of one legislative house
- 19. Benjamin Franklin's plan for uniting the colonies
- 20. Upper house of the British Parliament
- 21. English king forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215
- 24. English king who laid the foundation for trial by jury in the royal courts
- 25. A trial in which a person is judged guilty or not guilty by a group of peers
- 26. Lower house of the British Parliament
- 29. King who came to the English throne in 1760 and sought to restore the monarchy's power
- 30. Documents issued by the Crown establishing the relationship between the king and his colonial subjects
- 31. First commander in chief of the colonial army
- 32. Non-codified form of law based on long-accepted customs and traditions
- 33. Preacher used during the Great Awakening
- 35. The idea that church and government should remain separate institutions
- 36. Document adopted July 4, 1776 declaring the American colonies independent from England
- 37. Universal principles of right and justice that stand above human law
- 38. English parliamentarian who supported the cause of the American colonists
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- 1. Colonial assembly that protested taxation without representation in 1765
- 3. Document signed in 1215 that placed the king under the law
- 4. Assembly that supported an army, appointed Washington commander, and became America's first central government
- 5. Assembly that protested parliamentary interference while pledging loyalty to the Crown
- 9. English nobleman who called representatives together for an early meeting of Parliament
- 10. Author of Commentaries on the Laws of England
- 12. Consisting of two legislative houses
- 14. Local unit of government used in the southern colonies
- 15. 1689 document that strictly limited the monarch's power
- 16. English parliamentarian who was an ally of prominent American patriots
- 17. Primarily responsible for drafting the Declaration of Independence
- 22. 1775 act that cut off colonial trade with England and removed the colonies from the King's protection
- 23. Presented the resolution for American independence on June 7, 1776
- 27. Spiritual revival that swept the American colonies between 1730 and 1760
- 28. Gathering where local citizens assembled to govern their town
- 34. English king who convened the Model Parliament in 1295