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Feb 23, 1215
Megna Carta
King John was forced into signing the charter because it greatly reduced the power he held as the King of England. The Magna Carta became the basis for English citizen's rights. -
Jamestown Settled
It was also created as an economic business venture in the hope of making a profit for its shareholders. Captian John Smith was a great help.He contributed a great deal to the growth of the colony and because of his strong leadership the settlement survived and grew, encouraging the colonists to farm for all to have food -
Petition of Rights
Petition sent complaining of a series of breaches of law. The petition sought recognition of four principles: no taxation without the consent of Parliament, no imprisonment without cause, no quartering of soldiers on subjects, and no martial law in peacetime. -
English Bill of Rights
British law, one of the basic instruments of the British constitution. It incorporated the provisions of the Declaration of Rights. -
The Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan written by Benjamin Franklin in for all 13 colonies to fight as one to win the French and Indian War. It did not pass because colonial legislators did not want to give up control of their own area. -
American Revolution begins
Determined that the British empire be protected at all costs and unwilling to lose control in America, the king responded to the Declaration of Rights with even more actions fighting broke out between the redcoats and patriots. -
Stamp Act
British parliamentary measure to tax the American colonies. To pay for costs resulting from the French and Indian War, the British sought to raise revenue through a stamp tax on printed matter. -
Boston Massacre
It was a battle between British troops and a group of people in Boston MA. It all started with Britain's attempts to assert greater control over its North American colonies after the French and Indian War. -
Boston Tea Party
American patriots dressed as Indians threw 342 chests of tea from three British ships into Boston Harbour. They did this because they were going aginst the Brtitish tax put on tea. -
First Continental Congress
It was a gathering of delegates from 12 British colonies. It was held in response to the Intolerable Act. They looked at options for an economic boycott of the British trade. -
Intolerable Acts
Four punitive measures enacted by the British Parliament against the American colonies. Boston's harbour was closed until restitution was made for the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party. -
Declaration of Independence
Document approved by the Continental Congress that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Britain.The congress appointed Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to draft a declaration. -
Articles of Confederation
It was an agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states. It was the Constitution for the United States; replaced by the current United States Constitution. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies. The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence -
Connecticut Compromise
When the convention recessed to celebrate the Fourth of July, a special committee met to break the deadlock. The committee proposed a compromise, strongly advocated by the delegates from Connecticut, under which the House membership would be apportioned by population and the Senate would have an equal number of representatives from each state. -
Shay's Rebellion
In a economic depression and land seizures for debt collection, several hundred farmers led by Daniel Shays who had served as a captain in the Revolutionary army, marched on the state supreme court in Springfield, preventing it from carrying out foreclosures and debt collection -
Philadelphia Convention
Assembly that passed the Constitution of the United States.The delegates decided to replace the Articles with a document that strengthened the federal government. -
Constitution Convection
Assembly that drafted the Constitution of the United States. The delegates decided to replace the Articles with a document that strengthened the federal government.
