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The Magna Carta was issued June 15, 1215 but later modified. The Magna Carta inspired the U.S. to write the Constitution
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The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the colonists, later together known to history as the Pilgrims, who crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower. It was signed on November 11, 1620 by 41 of the ship's one hundred and two passengers
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The English Bill of Rights was passed by Parliament on 16 December 1689. This Bill of Rights also inspired the Constitution.
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After the Revolutionary War, most states had a hard time paying off war debts and struggled to collect overdue taxes.
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Final ratification of the Articles of Confederation were made on March 1, 1781. The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation later in 1787.
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United States had faced trading problems with Britain after they sighned the Treaty of Paris, so they closed many of its ports to American ships.
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Spanish officials closed the lower Mississippi River to U.S. shipping.
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A poor farmer and Revolutionary War veteran, Daniel Shays, led hundreds of men in a forced shutdown of the Supreme Court. Shays also led in farmers protest against high taxes and heavy dept.
