Chapter 2:1-2 Jessy By jstueven.2014 Oct 1, 1215 Magna Carta ***Rule of Law - No one is above the law not even the King. It establishes equality under the law. Oct 1, 1607 Jamestown Founded Oct 1, 1619 Virginia House of Burgess was established Oct 1, 1620 Mayflower Compact Oct 1, 1625 King Charles 1 took the throne Oct 1, 1628 King Charles signs petition of rights Oct 1, 1629 Puritians settled near Massachucetts Bay Oct 1, 1639 Puritians created Fundemental Orders of Connecticut Oct 1, 1688 Parliment puts King Williams 3 into power instead of King James 2 Oct 2, 1688 English Bill of Rights Oct 1, 1690 Locke published his book Two Treatises of Government Oct 1, 1754 French Indian war began Oct 1, 1754 Benjamin Franklin creates Albany Plan of Union Oct 1, 1760 George 3 became king of Briitan Oct 1, 1763 French Indian War ends Oct 1, 1765 Stamp Act Congress Oct 1, 1765 Stamp Act enforced Oct 1, 1773 Committees of Correspondance Oct 1, 1773 Boston Tea Party Oct 1, 1774 First Continental Congress Oct 1, 1775 First shot of civil war Oct 1, 1776 Colonies declare independance from Britian Oct 1, 1776 Richard Lee proposes resolution to the Continental Congress Oct 1, 1789 French Revolution