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Chapter 2

  • Magna Carta
    Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Limited King Johns power. Guaranteed due process and trial by jury.
  • Petition of Right

    Petition of Right

    A petition to guarantee rights for nobles. Also to make king follow laws.
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

    Protect everyone's rights
  • Albany plan of Union

    Albany plan of Union

    A plan by Ben Franklin to unite the states
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British troops firing apon and killing Americans
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    the dumping of tea in to the Boston harbor because of the Tea Act
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    The first meeting of the states to discuss the Intolerable Acts
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    second meeting of the colonies after the beginning of the Revolutionary War
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    the declaration of independence from Britain from the colonies
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    First attempt to unite the states
  • Shay's Rebellion

    Shay's Rebellion

    An uprising in Massachusetts
  • Virginia Plan

    Virginia Plan

  • Philadelphia Convention

    Philadelphia Convention

    the meeting to form the Constitution
  • New Jersey Plan

    New Jersey Plan