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Period: Sep 1, 1200 to
chapter two
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Sep 1, 1215
magna carta
Established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility. -
Petition Of Right
The Petition exhibited to his Majesty by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, concerning divers Rights and Liberties of the Subjects, with the King's Majesty's royal answer thereunto in full Parliament -
English Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights was passed by Parliament in December 1689. It was a re-statement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary in March 1689, inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England. -
Albany Plan Of Union
Albany Plan of Union. It is proposed that humble application be made for an act of Parliament of Great Britain, by virtue of which one general government -
Boston Masacre
The Boston Massacre was an incident that led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on March 5, 1770, the legal aftermath of which helpes park the rebellion in some of the British American colonies, which culminated in the American Revolutionary War -
Boston Tea Party
American patriots dressed as Indians threw 342 chests of tea from three British ships into Boston. -
First Contenental congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, -
shays rebellion
Shays' Rebellion, the post-Revolutionary clash between New England farmers and merchants that tested the precarious institutions of the new republic, threatened to plunge the "disunited states" into a civil war -
New Jersey Plan
retained the unicameral Congress of the confederation, with each of the states equally represented. -
virginia plan
Drafted by James Madison, and presented by Edmund Randolph to the Constitutional Convention on May 29, 1787, the Virginia Plan proposed a strong central government composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
