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Magna Carta is Latin for Great Charter.
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Petition of Right was passed on June 7, 1628.
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The Boston Massacre happened on March 5, 1770. The British only killed five colonists.
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The Tea Act was passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773. Some people from Boston disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians. Then they got on the boats and threw boxes of tea off into the water.
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The Virginia Plan was created on May 29, 1787.
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The Bill of Right contain the first ten amendments. It was created on September 25, 1789.