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Influences on the US government, Justice 1000 B.C.E - Coggle Diagram

- - - - A Tax levied by Parliament on all paper goods in the colonies. raises cries of "no taxation without representation"
      - Townshend Act 1767
        
        These acts place duties on goods imported into the colonies. The colonists resist by boycotting all British goods.
        
        Boston Massacre 1770
        
        Protesters in Boston provoke British soldiers. This causes them to fire into the crowd and kill five people.
        
        Boston Tea Party 1773-1774
        
        Colonists protest the Tea Act and dump taxed tea into Boston Harbor. Britain responds by imposing the Intolerable Acts on the colonies.
        
        Fighting Begins 1775
        
        Militia troops skirmish with British soldiers at Lexington and Concord, beginning the American Revolution.
        
        Declaration of Independence 1776
        
        The Continental Congress adopts a resolution declaring the colonies to be "free and independent states"
        
        Virginia Declaration of Rights 1776
        
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- - - - Thomas Aquinas believed people could discover these natural laws using both reason and their unborn sense of right and wrong.
      - Rule of law 1215
        
        The Magna Carta included the rule of law. It stated that the king cannot sell, deny, or delay justice.
        Monarchs were also subject to this rule.
        
        Limited Government 1628
        
        The parliment tried to limit the power of King Charles I by passing a law called the Petition of Right. It underscored the principle of limited government by affirming that the king's power was not absolute.
        
        Individual rights 1689
        
        The English Bill of Rights reaffirmed the principle of individual rights. Established in the Magna Carta and the Petition of Right. Guarantees the right to petition the king, the right to bear arms, and freedom from cruel and unusual punishment.