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Charter agreed to by the King of England. This was the first document to limit the King's power.
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The first English settlement in North America named after the King
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First governing document of Plymouth Colony; signed on the Mayflower
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English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties that the king is prohibited from infringing
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Declared the rights and liberties of the people
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Proposed by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany; a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies
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Act passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised prices of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents
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incident that led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on March 5, 1770, the aftermath helped start a rebellion
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Act of protest against taxes on tea by citizens of Boston who dumped hundreds of gallons of tea into the Boston Harbor
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A convention of delegates from 12 out of 13 colonies that met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the beginning of the American Revolution
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Parliament reacted to the Boston Tea Party by passing the Coercive Acts. They were unfair acts meant to punish Boston and Massachusetts for the crime committed by a couple people
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A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met starting on May 10, 1775
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The revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain
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Founding document of the American political tradition that includes fundamental ideas to help mold America
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Original constitution; provided a legal symbol of union by giving the central government no power over the other states or their people
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An armed uprising led by Daniel Shays, that broke out in Massachusetts. People protested the foreclosures of farms and briefly shut down the court system.
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Gathering that drafted the Constitution of the United States
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An agreement between all states reached during the Constitutional Convention that defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have. It proposed a bicameral legislature.
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Meeting for the drafting of the United States Constitution in Philadelphia to separate the 3 branches
