Timeline: constitution

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

Jun 22, 1607

first colony founded

jamestown, virginia

Jun 7, 1628

sigining of the petition of right

the protection of civil liberties
the petition contains restriction on non-parliamentary taxaxtion

Mar 30, 1732

last colony founded

king charles II grants james oglethorpe a royal charter to establish a colony between florida and sc

Jul 10, 1754

albany plan of union

to place british north american colonies in a centralized goverment

Oct 25, 1760

george III comes to throne

his reign longer the any other before him and he was part of the 7 years war

Mar 22, 1765

stamp act

exacted revenue from american colonies imposing stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents

Mar 5, 1770

boston massacre

british army soldiers killed 5 civilians and injured 6

Dec 16, 1773

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.

Sep 5, 1774

first continental congress meets

meeting of delagates from twelve of the thirteen colonies

Apr 19, 1775

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

May 5, 1775

second continental congress meets

they fought for independence and adopted the declaration of independence

Jul 4, 1776

signing of the declarartion of independence

claimed independence from great britain

Nov 15, 1777

articles of confederation adopted

served as the first constitution of the us

Mar 1, 1781

league of friendship

took baby steps as a nation

Mar 30, 1787

shay's rebellion

series of protests by american farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt

Jul 16, 1787

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.