Chapter 2:1-2 Heather By hsohl.2014 Sep 30, 1215 King John was focred to sign the Magna Carta Rule of Law- no one is above the law, not even the King. It was established equility under the law. Sep 30, 1607 Jamestown was founded Period: Sep 30, 1607 to Sep 30, 1733 English founded 13 colonies along the Eastern coast of North America Sep 30, 1619 The Virginia House of Burgesses was established Sep 30, 1620 Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact Sep 30, 1625 Charles I took the throne Oct 2, 1628 Petition of Rights- limits King's power sometimes called Maga Carta II Sep 30, 1629 New Puritan immigrants settled near the Pilgrims Sep 30, 1636 Colony adopted the Great Fundamentals Sep 30, 1639 Puritans who left Massachusetts Bay Colony to colonize Connecticut made America's first formal constitution: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Sep 30, 1688 Parliament removed James II from the throne and crowned William III and Mary II Oct 2, 1688 English Bill of Rights Sep 30, 1690 John Locke published Two Treatises on Government Sep 30, 1754 Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union Period: Sep 30, 1754 to Sep 30, 1763 French and Indian War Sep 30, 1756 Several European countries became involved in the French and Indian War Sep 30, 1760 George III became king Sep 30, 1763 Great Britian won the French and Indian War and gained control of teh eastern United States Sep 30, 1765 The Stamp Act of 1765 imposed the first direct taxes on the colonists Sep 30, 1765 9 colonists sent delegates to a meeting in New York called the Stamp Act Congress Sep 30, 1773 A group of colonists, dressed as Mohawk, dumped tea into the Boston Harbor Sep 30, 1773 The committees of correspondence urged resistance to the British Sep 5, 1774 Delegates from all the colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress Apr 19, 1775 The first battle of the Revolutionary War Jun 28, 1776 Jefferson asked John Adams and Benjamin Franklin to look over his draft of the Declaration of Independence Jun 30, 1776 Richard Henry Lee introduced a resolution in the Continential Congress Jul 1, 1776 America declared their independence from Great Britian Jul 2, 1776 Congress approved Lee's resolution Jul 4, 1776 Congress approved teh final draft of the Declaration of Independence Sep 30, 1776 8 states had adopted written constitutions Sep 30, 1789 French Revolution