bicameral - two-chamber, Magna Carta - English document signed by King John in 1215 that instituted that "rule of law" and protected certain individual rights , Petition of Right - English document signed by King Charles in 1628 that required monarchs to obtain Parliaments approval before levying new taxes and said that monarchs could not unlawfully imprison people, force citizens to house soldiers or establish military rule during times of peace, English Bill of Rights - English document passed by Parliament in 1689 that limited monarchs' power to enact laws, raise taxes, or keep an army without Parliament's consent, guaranteed Parliament he privilege of free speech; and gave all people protection from cruel and unusual punishment, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut - a 1639 set of laws that limited the power of the government and gave all free men the right to choose the people to serve as judges , proprietary colony - a colony based on a grant of land by the English monarch to a proprietor, royal colonies - colonies directly controlled by the king through an appointed governor, charter colonies - colonies operated under charters agreed to by the colony and the king , New England Confederation - confederation formed between the Plymouth, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, and New Haven colonies to defend against Native Americans and nearby Dutch colonies, Iroquois Confederation - a powerful alliance of six Native American nations- the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora, Albany Plan of Union - a plan proposed by Ben Franklin that called for a council of representatives appointed by the colonial assemblies and a president general appointed by the king, Stamp Act - Parliament's first attempt to tax American colonists directly, which required a government tax stamp on paper goods and all legal documents, First Continental Congress - first general meeting of the colonies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, called by the Virginia and Massachusetts assemblies at which delegates sent King George III the Declarations of Resolves, Second Continental Congress - second general meeting of the colonies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at which delegates took strong measures against the Crown, Virginia Declaration of Rights - declaration issued by the Virginia House of Burgesses that proclaimed all men by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights" and that likely inspired parts of the Declaration of Independence, French and Indian War - American name for the Seven Years War,

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