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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
was created by the nobles of king edward I to make him obey his own laws and to make them have more power this was the beginings of parlament -
Jamestown Settled
this settlement was the beginings of the 13 colonies and was mainly self governed -
Mayflower Compact Written
the mayflower compact was a social contract between men and God and was one of the bases of written contracts for the constitution -
Petition of rights
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English Bill of Rights
gave rights to englishmen which the colonists felt is wat they where so when the king violated it against the colonists they revolted -
Albany Plan Of Union
A plan that was to reorganize the colonies into a union without much contact to england except for a royal governer. many of the ideas in the plan were put into or discussed in the constitional convention -
Stamp Act
an act that put taxes on many goods such as tea. the colonist did not like the taxes becouse they did not chose to do so, the king did. and it was frequently stated "no taxation without represantation" -
Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
a revolt that was led against the stamp tax and high tea prices where people boarded ships with lots of tea and dumped the tea in the bay -
Intolerable Acts
many acts passed that were passed in order to punish the boston tea partiers by passing more taxes and restrictions -
First Continental Congress
The 1st continental congress wrote the list of grievances and asked Parlament to fix them when Parlament didn't they wrote the Declaration of independance -
American Revolution
started at the battle of lexington and Concord was what made america free of british rule -
second continental congress
adoped declaration of independance and helped with the war effort -
Shay's Rebellion
happened when farmers revolted against the early united states becouse of bad structure of government. -
Declaration of Independence
was created to show that america was free of the crown becouse of greivences against the people. -
Articles Of Confederation
was the first government the united states had and was more state based thatn federal and was the prelude to the american constitution -
Connecticut Compromise
the compromise between the large and small states on representation. they created to houses with one as equal representation,the Senate, and one with proportional representation, the house of representitives -
Philidalphia Convention/Constitution Convention
The convention were delegates from thee diffrent states came together to make a new constition to replace the articles of confederation
