Boston massacre

Chapter 2 Time Line

  • Magna Carta
    Sep 13, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta is Latin for Great Charter.
  • Petition of Right

    Petition of Right was passed on June 7, 1628.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre happened on March 5, 1770. The British only killed five colonists.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    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.
  • Virginia Plan

    Virginia Plan

    The Virginia Plan was created on May 29, 1787.
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights

    The Bill of Right contain the first ten amendments. It was created on September 25, 1789.