Chapter 2 Timeline

  • Magna Carta
    Jan 28, 1215

    Magna Carta

    is a charter issued by King John of England
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

    English precursor of the Constitution, along with the Magna Carta and the Petition of Right.
  • Albany Plan of Union

    Albany Plan of Union

    to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    a group of colonists protest thirteen years of increasing British oppression
  • First Cotinental Congress

    First Cotinental Congress

    a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer
  • Boston Massecre

    Boston Massecre

    was the killing of five colonists by British regulars
  • Decloration of Independence

    Decloration of Independence

    The fundamental document establishing the United States as a nation
  • Artiles of Confederation

    Artiles of Confederation

    the first constitution of the United States
  • Shay's Rebllion

    Shay's Rebllion

    an armed uprising that took place in Massachusetts
  • Virginia Plan

    Virginia Plan

    was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch.
  • Philadelphia Convention

    Philadelphia Convention

    The gathering that drafted the Constitution of the United States
  • New Jersey Plan

    New Jersey Plan

    was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government