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Constitutional America

  • Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    -Signed by King John I in Runnymede in Egham Surrey, South England. -It proctected the rights and property of citizens in England
  • The Mayflower Compact

    • It was a self-governing act to associate agreements and to combine together as a body.
  • Petition of Rights

  • Bill of Rights

    • William and Mary signed the treaty, therefore ending the Glorious Revolution
    • It asserted that all Englismen had certain inalienable rcivil and political rights.
  • Albany Plan of Union

    • Benjamin Franklin suggested this plan, the Colonies rejected this plan.
    • "Join or Die" was a poloticial cartoon associated w/ the Albany Plan of Union
  • French and Indian War

  • King George III takes power

    • As a result of the French and Indian War, They gained control of the eastern third of the continent and the Colonies no longer need to be protected by the British
  • Boston Tea Party

  • Stamp Act

  • Intolerable Acts

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    • Five colonists were shot and killed.
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  • First Continental Congress

  • Lexington and Concord

  • Second Continental Congress

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Start of Constitutional Convention

  • Articles of Confederation