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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta Signed
Magna Carta~The magna carta is a Latin word and mean "Great Charter".
~The magna carta is about fairness and Human rights.
~There is only one copy of the Magna Carta transcribed into French and Indian. -
Jamestown VA founded
History of Jamestown~Jamestown had a House of Burgesses established in 1619 that ruled the colony. This was the first legislative assembly in the American colonies.
~The settlers in Jamestown were initially met with suspicion and fear from the Powhatan Confederacy.Frequent battles between the settlers and the Native Americans occurred. However, these same Indians would provide them with the aid they needed to get through the winter of 1607. -
Virginia House of Burgesses Established
House Of Burgesses~First colonial assembly in the 13 colonies.
~Colonial assembly was made up of of people elected as representatives for government.
~Bicameral legislature meaning there were two houses -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion~Lasted through 1677
~The rebellion was Colonists against the Indians and Colonists against the upper classes who governed Virginia.
~Taxes were reduced
~Free men were given back their rights
~The colonists were also appeased by the adoption of a more aggressive Indian policy -
English Bill Of Rights
English Bill Of RightsThis document stated that:
~Members should have freedom of speech in Parliament
~No armies should be raised in peacetime
~No taxes could be levied, without the authority of Parliament -
Enlightenment Period Begins
Enlightenment~The Enlightenment Period ends 1780
~In 1748, the French philosopher Montesquieu published the book "The Spirit of the Law."
~In 1714 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit made the mercury thermometer
~The European Enlightenment was 200 years while ours was only 50 years. -
French and Indian War Begins
French and Indian War~The French and Indian War (1754–1763) is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years’ War.
~Began over a dispute over control of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, called the Forks of the Ohio, and the site of the French Fort Duquesne and present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. -
French and Indian War Ends
French and Indian War~The dispute erupted into violence in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in May 1754.
~The 1755 British capture of Fort Beauséjour on the border separating Nova Scotia from Acadia.
~The Treaty of Paris ends the war between Britain and France. -
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763~The British had a financial reason for the Proclamation of 1763, their victory in the French and Indian Wars enabled them to monopolize the highly lucrative fur trade.
~Proclamation issued by King George III of Great Britain.
~The Proclamation made it illegal for colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains and illegal to move into Ohio or Tennessee or Florida. -
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre~In 1766, Parliament passed a new decree that reaffirmed their right to pass laws regarding the colonies. The next year they passed a number of new taxes, including a tax on glass, lead, paper, and tea.
~The colonies were again outraged, and many refused to pay them. In order to enforce these new tax laws, British officials requested military troops to aid them.These military troops outraged the colonists. In the winter of 1770, a small group of colonists in Boston were killed for retaliation. -
Boston Tea Party
Tea Party~The price of tea in the Americas increased. In order to insure that British companies would not be hurt by this new tax, Parliament passed a law that exempted British companies from having to pay the tax. This meant that these companies could sell their tea cheaper.
~In protest a group of individuals dressed up as Native Americans boarded a cargo ship in Boston Harbor, and dumped its entire load of tea into the harbor waters. -
Intolerable Acts
Intolerable Acts~The Intolerable Acts are series of laws sponsored by British Prime Minister Lord North and enacted in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party.
~These Acts were the harshest so far of all the Acts passed by Parliament becasue the Boston Tea Party was more upseting to Britain than the previous events.
~Impartial Administration of Justice Act, Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act, Boston Port Act, Quartering Act, and Quebec Act. -
1st Continental Congress
1st Continental Congress~started because of the Intolerable Acts.
~wanted to Punish England for the Acts.
~Prohibition on Exporting and importing English goods.
~Made democratic elections for committees within communities. -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord~700 troops left Boston to head to Concord
~There were 70 patriots waiting for the British in Lexington
~By the time the British got to Concord they had 99 dead and 174
~After the Shot Heard Around The World we adopt a militia army to surround Boston - known as the Continental Army -
2nd Continental Congress
2nd Continental Congress~Deadline given by First Continental Congress to Parliament in order to respond to the petition.
~The Olive Branch Petition was drafted during this time.
~On June 22, 1775 congress authorized the first printing of money solely for America $1 million in bills of credit, shorty after the 2nd Continental Congress -
Common Sense Published
Common Sense~Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet entitled Common Sense, he outlined the reasons that he felt it was time for the colonies to part company with Great Britain and form their own independent nation.
~Common Sense was distributed throughout the colonies and influenced the colonists mind sets on how they should be run. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence~The document was signed by 56 delegates to the Continental Congress
~The Declaration of Independence Preamble: John Adams wrote the customary preamble, which stated that King George III had rejected reconciliation and was hiring foreign mercenaries to use against the American colonies.
~On July 4, 1776, the wording of the Declaration of Independence was approved and sent to the printer for publication. -
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Battle of Guilford~ Nathanael Greene was the commander of the American Forces
~Earl Cornwallis was the commander of the British Forces
~The British won because the Americans retreated after the batte
~Over 1000 Americans deserted the battle field that day -
British Surrender at Yorktown
British Surrender~British General Cornwallis led his troops to Yorktown, Virginia where he planned to recieve supplies from England but when they had to surrender to the French and American troops who were already there waiting to attack. -
Treaty of Paris Signed
Treaty of Paris~United States was now independent.
~Mississippi river was the bourdary to the West.
~Atlantic Ocean was the boundary to the East.
~Canada was the boundary to the North.
~Spanish Florida was the boundary to the South.
~Each side had to repay all of their debts.
~Neither side lived up to the Treaty's rules.
