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Period: Jan 29, 1200 to
Ch.2 timeline
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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
It is document accepted by King John of England which basically establishes that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury. The Magna Carta help protecting against the arbitrary taking of life, liberty, or property. -
Petition of Right
This is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing -
English Bill of RIghts
This document established an act declaring the rights and liberties of the subject and settling the succession of the crown. They guarunteed the right to fair trial, freedom from excessive bail, and from cruel and unusual punishment. -
Albany Plan of Union
This was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. -
Boston Massacre
This event was a street fight that broke out between a "patriot" mob and a squad of British soldiers. They fought with snowballs, stones, and sticks. The British soliders killed 3 on the spot, 8 wounded, but then later 2 died from the 8. -
Boston Tea Party
This event was a civil rebellion against the oppressive taxes by the British government on the colonists. Colonist boarded vessels in Boston harbor and threw the cargoes of tea into the water in protest of imposing tax on tea by the British Parliament. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies -
Second Continental Congress
This meeting was right after the battles of Lexington and Concord. They established a Continental army and appointed George Washington a commander-in-chief. This meeting also lead to writing the Olive Branch Petition to bring about peace. -
Declaration of Independance
The US Declaration of Independence was created in 1776 by the Continental Congress to let the British know the 13 original US states were declaring independence from them. -
Articles of Confederation
This was a document that established an agreement through the thirteen colonies that provided a "loose" federal government before the Consititution went into effect in 1789. -
Shay's Rebellion
This event occured when a revolt by Massachusetts farmers seeking relief from debt ad foreclosure that was a factor in the calling of the Constitutional Convention. -
Philadephia Convention
This event happend when the government replaced the Articles of Confederation with the American Constitution as we know it today. -
Virginia Plan
This plan was pitched at the Constitutional Convention. The plan was to recommend three branches of government and that all state laws would be subject to the veto by national legislature. -
New Jersey Plan
This document provided that Congress might levy duties and regulate trade. It was in rebuttal to the Virginia Plan.
