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Magna Carta
Was written by a group of 13th century barons to protect their rights and property against a tryannical king. -
Jamestown settled
The first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America -
Mayflower Compact Written
Was the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony. -
Petition of Right
Was a major English constutitional document that sets out liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing -
English Bill of Rights
Was a restatement of the Decloration of Rights, It was an act of the Parlament of England. -
Albany Plan of Union
Was proposed by Ben Franklin, an attempt at forming the Union colonies. -
Stamp Act
Was a direct tax imposed by the British parlement specifically on the colonies of British America. -
Boston Massacre
Was an incident in which British army soldiers killed 5 civilian men. -
Boston Tea Party
Was a direct action by colonists in Boston against the British government and the East India company that controlled all tea imported to the colonies. -
Intolerable acts
A series of laws passed by the British parlement relating to Britians colonies in North America -
First Continental Congress
Was a convention of deligates from 12 colonies to consider a boycott of British trade. -
Second Continental Congress
Convention from 13 colonies that managed the colonial war effort, and moved towards independence. -
American Revolution
Was a political Upheaval in which 13 colonies joined together to break free from the British empire, forming the USA. -
Declaration of Independence
Was a statement which announced that the 13 colonies regarded themselves as Independent states -
Articles of Confederation
Was an agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the USA as a confederation of soverign states and served as its first constitution. -
Shays Rebellion
Was an armed Uprising that took place in Central and Western Massachusetts from 1786-1787 -
Philidelphia convention
Was a convention to Address problems conserning the USA. -
Constitution Convention
Also known as the Philadelphia Convention, was to address the problems governing the USA. -
Connecticut Compromise
An agreement that all states defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.
