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First document forced into a king, in attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their privilages.
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Jamestown was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America, it was founded in the colony of Virginia.
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The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony.
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Confirmed that taxes can only be levied by Parliment, and martial law may not be imposed in a time of peace.
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It lays down limits on the power of sovereign and sets out the powers of parliment and rules for freedom of speech in parliment.
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Each colonial legislature would elect delegates to an American continental assembly presided over by a royal governor
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The new tax was imposed on all American Colonies and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper
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Situation in Boston where the British Military and Boston Civilians reached a boiling point and started fighting.
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Direct action by colonists in Boston, against British Government to refuse the taxed tea.
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Convention of delegates from 12 of the 13 North American colonies
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64 delegates met and decided on economic measures
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The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th Century, In which the 13 american colonies joined together to break free from the British Empire.
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Convention of delegates from all 13 colonies, that met soon after warfare started in the Revolutionary War.
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Stated that the 13 U.S. colonies were now independent states from Britian
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First Constitution of the United States and specified how the federal government was to operate.
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The rebellion produced fears that the revolution's democratic impulse had gotten out of hand.
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Also known as the Philadelphia Convention, it took place to discuss the problems in governing the United States, from its independence from Great Britian.
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Also known as The Great Compromise, was an agreement reached between large and small states it defined the state legislature under the US constitution.
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Created to address problems in governing the United States, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation.
