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The Magna Carta was a established the power as not absolute monarchy and a guarantee trial by jury and the process of law to the nobility.
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Jamestown was invovled because the Europeans were trying to avoid the Spanish, but wanted to establish an English settlement. Little did they realize that the Spanish was surrounding them.
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The Pilgrams wrote this so that they can have a right to practice Christianity, not in the will of the English Church.
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Basically telling the king that he is prohibited from making certain liberties from the citizens.
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An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown.
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Trying to unionize all the colonies at this time under one government.
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Direct tax on British America to have everything on stamped paper and having an embossed revenue stamp. This tax help pay for the troops who were in the Seven Years War.
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A heavy British military presence in Boston led to a tense situation that boiled over between soldiers and civilians and eventually led to troops discharging their muskets after being attacked by a rioting crowd.
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Also known as Coercive Acts to describe the five acts passed by Parliament to British America.
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Citizen's against the british government. After refusing to return the taxed tea to britain, Americans got on a ship and threw it into the water.
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12 of the 13 colonies met up to talk about the Intolerable Acts set by the British.
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The battle against British to have complete rule over themselfs.
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Right after having the American Revolution the 13 colonies met up again. They made plans to move faster towards the Declaration of Indepence.
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Claming that the 13 colonies were completely Indepenent.
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States retained sovereignty over all governmental functions not specifically relinquished to the national government.
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Warriors were poor people crushed by debt and taxes. Daniel Shay led the rebels in the American Revolution. Made a surprise attack in western MA.
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Same as the consitutional convection. Just another name for it.
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was an agreement between large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in parts defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.
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Used to address problems in governing the United States through the Articles of Confederation.
