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Issued by King John of England
Was first drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebels. -
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A major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. The Petition contains restrictions on non-Parliamentary taxation, forced billeting of soldiers, imprisonment without cause, and the use of martial law.
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Precursor to the Constitution
Limited English power -
First plans to unify the 13 colonies
Was suggested by Ben Franklin -
Was the killing of 5 Boston colonists by the British.
Was casused because of high tensions between the colonists wanting freedom from Britian and the British pushing back. -
Rebellion against the British
A lot of tea was poured into the Boston Harbor. -
First meeting of 12 of the 13 coloines to dicuss a truce for the betterment of the colonies.
Met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia -
Second installation of Congress meeting
Took place in Phildelphia -
A statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies,[2] then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.
Run mainly byThomas Jefferson. -
Was the first Constitution in the United States.
All 13 colonis did not aprove of this until March of 1781 -
Was an armed rebellion mainly, in Springfield.
Is known to have altered the course of history -
A proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch
Was presented on the 4th day of the Constitutional Convention. -
Took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain
Led by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton -
Led by William Paterson
Was a plan to ammend the Articles of
Confederation
