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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Originally done in latin -
Jamestown settled
The first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America. -
Mayflower Compact Written
The first governing document of Plymouth Colony -
Petition of Right
A major English constitutional document -
Albany Plan of Union
Was proposed by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress in 1754 in Albany, New York. -
Stamp Act
Parliament's first serious attempt to assert governmental authority over the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
Also known as the Boston riot, was an incident that led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British redcoats -
Intolerable Acts
Three of the acts passed by Britain on this date were specifically designed to punish -
Boston Tea Party
Boston officials discarded shiploads of taxed tea citing -
First Contential Congress
Was a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774 -
American Revolution begins
First Shot Taken, the war begins. -
Second Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies -
Declaration of Independence
When The United States won its independce from France -
Articles of Confederationn
11 of the 13 states had ratified the new Constitution -
Shay's Rebellion
An armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts. -
Constitution Convection
twenty-nine delegates from seven of the thirteen states were in attendance -
Connecticut Compromise
an agreement between large and small states -
Philadelphia Convention
They proposed admendment -
English Bill of Rights
An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown
