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Aug 24, 1215
Magna Carta
Adopted in England, promising rights to England people. proclaiming basic rights and procedures. -
Jamestown settled
Three ships containg 104 men and boys landed on Jamestown Island to begin a new colony. -
Mayflower Compact Written
The first written laws of the new World that stated the authority within the settlement. -
Petition of Right
A petition in which the King shuld honour a person's fundamental rights. -
English Bill of Rights
One of the basic documents of the English constitional law. -
Albany Plan of Union
It proposed that humble application be made for an act of Parliment of Great Britain. It states only one general government may be formed in America. -
Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonist and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. The money was used to help pay the cost of defending and protecting the American frontier. -
Boston Massacure
A group of Boston Townspeople harrased a group of British soliders, which lead to the soilders shooting and killing 5 townspeople. -
Boston Tea Party
This was a direct attack against the british government by colonist in Boston after officials in Boston refused to return 3 shiploads of taxed tea to Britain. The colonist boarded the ship and destroyed the tea by throwing it all in the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Fire laws passed by the British Parliment in 1774. The acts outrages the 13 colonies, but were very important developments in the growth of the American Revolution. -
First Continental Congress
Brought together representatvies rom each of the colonies, expect Georgia, to discuss thier response to the British "Intolerable Acts." -
American Revolution Begins
In which the 13 colonies in N. America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. -
Second Continental Congress
The delegates of the 13 colonies gathered in Philadelphia to discuss their next steps. They established the militia as the Continental Army to represent the 13 states. -
Declaration of Independence
Written by Jefferson and adopted by the Second Continental Congress. It stated the reason the British colonies of North America sought independence , which the main reasons wre for equality , liberty,and freedom. -
Articles of Confederation
This was the first constitution of the US. It was created during the Revolutionay War, and it reflects the wariness by the states of a strong, central government. -
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Shays Rebellion
Farmers petitioned the state sente to issue paper money and to halt forclosure of mortages on their property and their own imprisonment for debt as a result of high land taxes. -
Philadelphia Convention
Also known as the Constitutional Convention, it took place to discuss issues in the US following independence from Great Britian. A new government was created where they elected George Washington to preside over the convention. As a result, the US constition was established. -
Constitutional Convection
For four monts, 55 delegates from several states went o form a Constitution for a federal republic that would last into "remote fururity." -
Connecticut Compromise
The settlement of the dispute between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.
