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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Required King John of England to proclaim certain liberties and his will was not arbitrary -
Jamestown settled
104 settlers sailed from London instructed to settle Virginia, find gold, and seek a water route to the Orient -
Mayflower Compact written
a written agreement composed by a consensus of the new Settlers arriving at New Plymouth -
Petition of Right
Major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. -
English Billof Rights
An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown -
Albany Plan of Union
Proposed by Ben Franklin and each colonial 69 would elect delegates -
Stamp Act
required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper -
Boston Massacre
Death of 5 civilians at the hands of redcoats -
Boston Tea Party
Direct action by Boston against the british government -
First Continental Congress
Convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies -
Intolerable Acts
a series of laws passed by the british parliament -
American Revolution begins
upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire -
Second Continental Congress
Met after the Revoluntionary War -
Declaration of Independence
announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states -
Articles of Confederation
1st Constitution of the U.S. -
Shay's Rebellion
was an armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts -
Philadelphia Convention
Met to address problems in the governing in the U.S. -
Constitution Convection
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Connecticut Compromise
agreement between large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure
