Articles of Confederation

  • Magna Carta
    Sep 8, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Its crumbling, water-stained and written in medieval latin, but the madna carta has managed to remain relevant to the cause of human rights.
  • Petition of Rights

    Petition of Rights

    An important document setting out the rights and liberties of the subject as opposed to the prerogatives of the crown
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

    prohibited a standing army in peace time, except with the consent of parliament, and required that all parliamentary elections be free.
  • Albany Plan of Union

    Albany Plan of Union

    This plan was adopted in1754. It was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was an incident that led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on March 5, 1770,
  • Boston tea Party

    Boston tea Party

    It was a group Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea. sized 342 chests of tea.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    the colonists sent a declaration of rights to king George III
  • First Continental Congress

    The colonists sent a declaration of rights to king George III
  • Second Continental congress

    Second Continental congress

    The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met beginning on May 10, 1775
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    the second continental congress adopter
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789
  • Shay's Rebellion

    Shay's Rebellion

    Many farmers in this area suffered from high debt as they tried to start new farms.
  • Virginia Plan

    Virginia Plan

    known as the Randolph Plan, after its sponsor, or the Large-State Plan
  • Philadelphia Convention

    Philadelphia Convention

    The Convention Philadelphia of representatives from each of the former colonies.
  • New Jersey Plan

    New Jersey Plan

    The New Jersey Plan of 1787, also referred to as the 'small states plan,' was presented on June 15, 1787 to the Constitutional Convention.

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