Relier Pairs US Founding documentsVersion en ligne government, US, documents par Shaner Adams 1 Mayflower Compact 2 Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Tea Act 3 Magna Carta 4 Declaration of Independence 5 Sons of Liberty, Boston Tea Party, Continental Congress 6 French & Indian War written by Thomas Jefferson using John Locke's idea of the "social contract" how colonists reacted to new taxes British decided to pay for this conflict by taxing American colonists limited King John's power to tax taxes the colonists had to pay Puritans agree to serve in and follow laws of a common government