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Period: Sep 4, 1200 to
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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Magna Carta was written by a group of 13th-century barons to protect their rights and property against a tyrannical king. It is concerned with many practical matters and specific grievances -
English bill of rights
lawfully, fully and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm, did upon the thirteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty-eight [old style date] present unto their Majesties -
Albany Plan of Union
In the early 1750s, rivalry between England and France over who would control the North American continent led inexorably to what is known as the French and Indian Wars. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regularsIt was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts -
Boston Tea Party
a group of Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea importation recently granted by Parliament to the East India Company, seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor -
First Continental Congress
The first major American opposition to British policy came in 1765 after Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a taxation measure designed to raise revenues for a standing British army in America. -
Seocnd Continental Congress
Now the professional imperial army was attempting to arrest patriot leaders, and minutemen had been killed in their defense. -
Articles of Confederation
Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled. -
Shay's Rebellion
The crisis of the 1780s was most intense in the rural and relatively newly settled areas of central and western Massachusetts. Many farmers in this area suffered from high debt as they tried to start new farms. -
Virginia Plan
the plan traced the broad outlines of what would become the U.S. Constitution: a national government consisting of three branches with checks and balances to prevent the abuse of power.
