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Jun 30, 1215
signing of the magna carta
a revolt against by the english nobility against kingjohn rule, peace treaty between king john and his barons, in 1215 the barons revolt against the kings abuse of feudal law -
first colony founded
jamestown, virginia -
sigining of the petition of right
the protection of civil liberties
the petition contains restriction on non-parliamentary taxaxtion -
last colony founded
king charles II grants james oglethorpe a royal charter to establish a colony between florida and sc -
albany plan of union
to place british north american colonies in a centralized goverment -
george III comes to throne
his reign longer the any other before him and he was part of the 7 years war -
stamp act
exacted revenue from american colonies imposing stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents -
boston massacre
british army soldiers killed 5 civilians and injured 6 -
boston tea party
On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts in 1774 and pushed the two sides closer to war. -
first continental congress meets
meeting of delagates from twelve of the thirteen colonies -
start of the american revolution
thriteen colonies rejected the british moarchy and aristocracy and overthrew the authority of great britain and fonded the united states of america -
second continental congress meets
they fought for independence and adopted the declaration of independence -
signing of the declarartion of independence
claimed independence from great britain -
articles of confederation adopted
served as the first constitution of the us -
league of friendship
took baby steps as a nation -
shay's rebellion
series of protests by american farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt -
the great compromise of 1787
was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. It retained the bicameral legislature as proposed by Roger Sherman, along with proportional representation in the lower house, but required the upper house to be weighted equally between the states. Each state would have two representatives in the upper house. -
u.s. constitution is signed
supreme law of the united states of america comprises of the seven articles -
new congress meets
consist the house of representatives and us senate -
temporary capital
new york city -
washington is inaugurated
new yrok city first president of the us -
implemenation of the bill of righs
first ten amendments to the United States Constitution these amendments guarantee a number of personal freedoms -
last state to ratify the constitution
rhode island
