Colonial Timeline Assignment Hahn

Magna Carta

Jun 15, 1215

The Magna Carta is a document that King John was forced to sign

Jamestown Settled

May 4, 1607

The 1st permanent English colony in North America

Mayflower Compact Written

Nov 11, 1620

The first agreement for self-government in America

Petition of Right

Jun 7, 1628

Document signed by King Charles I of England; declared that even the monarch was subject to the laws of the land

English Bill of Rights

Dec 16, 1689

Established freedom from taxation without representation, outlawed cruel and unusual punishment, and guaranteed the right to bear arms

Albany Plan of Union

Jul 10, 1754

plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes

Stamp Act

Jun 6, 1765

Law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonists killing five men.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Colonists, disguised as Indians, sneaked onto three tea-filled ships and dumped over 340 tea chests overboard.

Intolerable Acts

Jan 7, 1774

Harsh series of laws passed by the British to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

Result of John Adams invite to all colonies for a convention in Philadelphia.

American Revolution Begins

Apr 19, 1775

The battle of Lexington occurred, the first shot at Lexington marked the first blood spilled in the war of the American independence

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

The document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain

Second Continental Congress

Jul 4, 1776

Meeting to make an army and write the Deceleration of Independence

Articles of Confederation

Nov 15, 1777

The 1st "Constitution" of the United States of America

Shay's Rebellion

Aug 31, 1786

Farmer's in Massachusetts attacked courthouses and other government buildings to protest that the government was taking their property

Philadelphia Convention

May 25, 1787

This was a 1787 meeting called by Congress to amend the Articles of the Confederation

Connecticut Compromise

Jul 5, 1787

Gave each state an equal number of senators regardless of its population