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Period: Feb 1, 1200 to
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Feb 1, 1215
Magna Carta
Is an English charter, originally issued in the year 1215 and reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions. -
Petition of right
The Petition of Right is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. -
English Bill of Rights
An Act declareing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Setleing the Succession of the Crowne. -
Albany plan of union
It was an early attempt at forming a union of the colonies "under one government as far as might be necessary for defense and other general important purposes" -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers killed five civilian men. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. -
Second Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
First continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve British North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
Declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states. -
Articles of Confederation
An agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. -
Shay's Rebellion
An armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts -
Philadelphia Convention
Addressed problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. -
Virginia Plan
A proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. -
New Jersey Plan
A proposal for the structure of the United States Government proposed by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787.
