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Document which established that everyone is subject to the law regardless of his/her rank.
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Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
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Written by the Pilgrims on their voyage to Plymouth, Massachusetts. Established their rules for their self-governed settlement.
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This petition worked for the recognition of no taxation without consent of Parliament, no imprisonment without cause, no quartering of soldiers, and no martial law in peacetime.
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The English Bill of Rights created separation of powers in government.
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This document placed British North American Colonies under a more centralized government.
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Britain's tax on every printed paper colonists used. (legal documents, playing cards, newspapers, etc...)
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Began with a riot led by the colonists protesting the increase of troops in the colonies. Ended with British troops killed 5 colonists and wounding several others.
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Colonists dumped tea in the Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act, which was imposed by Britain and taxed tea in the colonies
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Met in reaction to the Intolerable Acts.
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Acts put in place to punish the people of Massachusetts for the Tea Party.
-Boston Port Bill: closed the Boston Harbor
-Massachusetts Government Act: replaced local elected
government with an appointed one
-Administration of Justice Act: allowed British officials charged
with capital offenses to be tried in another colony or England
-Quartering Act: allowed British troops to stay in unoccupied
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Lexington and Concord.
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Founded after Britain failed to address the complaints of the First Continental Congress
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Official act taken by by all 13 colonies in declaring independence from Britain.
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Organized protesting done by farmers in Massachusetts to protest the taxes of the state's government.
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Also known as the Constitutional Convention. Addressed issues within the United States while still under the Articles of Confederation.
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Established the Senate and House of Representatives within Congress.
