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Jun 15, 1215
Magna carta
Magna Carta is an English charter. -
Jamestown Settled
It was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America. -
Mayflower compact written
it is a written agreement composed by a consensus of the new Settlers arriving at New Plymouth. -
Petition of rights
It's an English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. -
English bill of rights
It's an act declaring the rights and liberties of the subject and settling the succession of the crown. -
Albany plan of union
It was an attempt at forming a union of the colonies, proposed by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress. -
American revolution begins
the thirteen colonies joined together to be independent from the british empire, combining to become the United States of America. -
Stamp act
It was a tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America. -
Boston Massacre
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Boston tea party
It was a protest by Aamerican colonists against King George III's rule in America. -
First Continental Congress
It's a convention of delegates from 12 of the thirteen north american colonies. -
Intolerable acts
It's a series of 5 laws passed by the British Parliament relating to Britain's colonies in North America. -
Second continental Congress
It's a convention of delegates from the thirteen Colonies. -
declaration of independence
It announced that the thirteen American colonies were now independent states. It was adopted by the Continental Congress. -
Articles of confederation
It is the first constitution of the united states of America. It specified how the government was to operate. -
constitution convection
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Shay's rebellion
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Philadelphia convention
It address problems in governing the United States of America, witch had been operating under the Articles of Confederation. -
connecticut compromise
it was an agreement between large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention. It defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under
