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an English legal document written in 1215 CE which had a huge influence on the developing legal system of England. It could be considered a bill of rights for medieval England.
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a petition summarized the objections of the House of Commons to the king. Emphasize that provisions were rights that already existed not new enactments.
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it proclaimed fundamental liberties, including freedom of elections, freedom of debate in Parliament, and freedom from excessive bail and from cruel and unusual punishments.
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a union between the royal, proprietary & charter governments. delegates from most of the northern colonies an representatives from the 6 Iroquois nations agreed on a "plan of union." Under this plan each colonial legislature would elect delegates to an American continental assembly presided over by a royal governor.
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the killing of five men by British soldiers on March 5, 1770 after trying to break a riot between the citizens of Boston
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incident where citizens dressed as indians from boston revolted against the crown an their taxs on tea by throwing a full shipment of tea off of a boat docked in Boston
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The First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia's Carpenters Hall that sought to to right the wrongs that had been inflicted on the colonies and hoped that a unified voice would gain them a hearing in London.
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The Second Continental Congress was a unicameral delegation representing the 13 colonies during the onset of the American Revolutionary War.
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the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain
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the post-Revolutionary clash between New England farmers and merchants that tested the precarious institutions of the new republic
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Assembly that drafted the Constitution of the United States.
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plan at constitutional convention calling for 3 branches & bicameral legislature
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plan at constitutional convention that called for unicameral legislature
