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  • Magne Carta
    Jan 1, 1215

    Magne Carta

    first act of the general population to take action toward ruling themselves
  • Jamestown Settled

    Jamestown Settled

    First english settlement in the Americas. Founded by London Company in search of riches.
  • Mayflower Compact

    First governing document of the Plymouth colony.
  • English Bill of Rihgts

    English Bill of Rihgts

    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
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    the english government put a tax on legal documents.
  • Albany Plan of Union

    Albany Plan of Union

    Proposed by Benjamin Franklin to unite the colonies underone rule.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    5 civilian deaths by British Troops, which eventually led to the Revolutionary War.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Protest against Britans tea tax in which colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbour.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    convention where 12 of the 13 states sent delegates to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to discuss the intolerable acts.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    laws passed by parliment that ticked off the colonies, and led to resistance, and the revolutionary war.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    had all 13 states delegates, controlled war efforts, and made the Decleration of Independance.
  • American Revolution Begins

    American Revolution Begins

    Start of the revolutionary war, which led to the independance forn Britian of The United States
  • Articles Of Confereration

    Articles Of Confereration

    First constitution of the United States. set upthe government.
  • Decleraton of independence

    Decleraton of independence

    When colonist signed the decleraton of independance which stated that they were no longer part of britian.
  • Shays Rebellion

    Shays Rebellion

    raids on courthouses that stopped debts and taxes from being collected, led by Daniel Shays
  • Philadelphia Convention

    Philadelphia Convention

    held to address problems with the government, led tot he U. S. Constitution.
  • Connecticut Compromise

    Connecticut Compromise

    agreement between the staes on two houses of the congress.
  • Petition Of Right

    Petition Of Right

    let people recover objects from the crown.