American Government Legal Documents

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Adopted in 1639 as the constitution of the newly formed Connecticut colony.

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The fundamental orders

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America’s first legal code

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Massachusets Body of Liberties (1641)

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Planned a united colonial response to the imminent threat posed to the English by French and American Indian fighters in the early days of the French and Indian War.

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The Albany Plan (1754)

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The Albany plan was rejected by:

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I. The British Crown fearing it gave too much power to the colonists.
2. The colonial assemblies fearing a loss of local control.

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Drafted by the Second Continental Congress in 1777

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The Articles of Confederation

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The 13 Colonies’ convention of delegates that managed the colonial war effort was called:

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The Second Continental Congress

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Northwest Ordinance

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Paved the way for the formation of the new states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.

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The Articles of Confederation were drafted in 1777 but not ratified until..

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1781