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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
The rights found in the Magna Carta became the rights for all English people and were incorperated into other documents. The valued rights used then are also used today because the people value the rights. The same rights are found in the constitution such as liberty, life, and property, and also the rights to trial. -
Mayflower Compact
It was the first docuement written with all of the laws of the new land because the Pilgrims knew the government there was bad and established that the colony was to be free of English law. -
Petition of Rights
The Petition of Rights has made its way into the United States Constitution in the Third Amendment, and also that prisoners must be able to challenge the legitimancy of their intentions. -
Navigation Act
The Acts started what now is trade with the whole world. The Acts got the United States to be favored by England which gave them an advantage into trading. Now the U.S. has access to most countries to trade, and because of this our technology is very advance due to our resources. -
English Bill of Rights
Stated the laws the United States still uses. The Bill of Rights still exists in our Constituion, and set the laws for the citizens of America. -
Proclamation of 1763
Since the colonists wanted to move west due to the benefits that would come with it, and were angered by the proclamation, the colonists got the British to move the line a little father west. The tension due to this, and more, increased even more and was a factor into leading to the American Revolution. -
Sugar Act
One of the first times when the colonists watned a say in how much they should be taxed. The Continental Congress took into consideration that the people were angered by this, and now the people in the United States have a say in their rights and how much they are taxed. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was the first direct British tax on American colonists, and gave the American colonists a target to aim their rage. It also gave the colonists a model for the Continental Congress which later became the governing body of the United States -
Boston Tea Party
This incident still stands as an iconic event in the American history, and political protests still often refer to it. It was a key event to the growth of the American Revolution, because the crisis escalated and the American Revolutionary War began. -
Coercive Act
Also known as the Intolerable Acts, were important to the growth of the American Revolution. Many people viewed this as a violation of their rights, and in 1774 they organized the First Continental Congress in order to start a protest. As more tensions escalated the American Revolutionary War broke out which later led to the creation of the Independence of the United States. -
First Continental Congress
They were focused on righting the wrongs of the British rather than declaring their Independence from them, and they tried to get rid of the Intolerable Acts. Since they weren't meant to be permenant, the Second Continetal Congress was created a year after to organize defense of the colonies. -
First shots fired at Lexington and Concord
It was the "shot heard 'round the world." Everyone heard about it because it marked the absolute beginning of the American Revolution, and it led to Paul Rever's famous ride warning the countryside that "the British are coming!" -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress acted as the national government of what became the United States. Later this congress was known as the Congress of Confederation. -
Declaration of Independence
It stated our country's Independence and the people celebrate it every fourhth of July. It asserted their natural rights and is still in effect today. The people of the United States protect their Constitution because it is very important, and a huge piece of history.
