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A charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymeade. First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King.
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First permanent English settlement in America
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A document signed on the English ship Mayflower before it landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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A major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties that the king cannot infringe.
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An act passed on December 16,1689. The bill creates seperation of powers of the king and queen.
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A proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies.
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An act of the British Parliament that exacted revenue from the American colonies.
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A street fight between a "patriot" mob and british soldiers.
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A political protest by the Sons of Liberty.
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Passed in 1774 to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
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Meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies early in the American Revolution
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Colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy.
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Convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies.Started meeting in the summer of 1775
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Formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declarig the freedom of the Thirteen colonies.
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Adopted by Continental Congress. Served as the United States' first constitution.
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Armed uprising in Massachusetts. American farmers fought against state and local enforcement of tax collection.
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Designed the government of today.
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The same as the Philidelphia Convention
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Defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States.
