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Jun 12, 1215
Magna Carta
The 1215 Charter required King John of England to proclaim certain liberties, and accept that his will was not arbitrary. This means that people were given a right to their own belongings. -
Jamestown Settlement
this was a time peirod when they saw jamestown island and decided to settle there and make three forts and may it into a trinagle so it would be hard to penitrait -
Mayflower compact
iwas made to create peace between the colonist on the ship. -
Petition or Rights
This was a statement of civil liberties sent by the english parliament. This forced colonists to house soldiers since the economy was not flourishing. -
English Bill of Rights
This was a bill of rights forced upon the colonies. This was by British parliament. -
Albany Plan of Union
This was a developed union after the power struggle between France and England over the colonies. -
Stamp Act
This was a new tax imposed on all american colonists. They had to pay a tax on all paper they used. -
Intolerbale Acts
this was the time higher taxes were forced upon other colonies -
Boston massacre
This was the killing of five colonists by british soldiers. This caused a huge rebellion from the colonists. this was a huge period in time that caused a huge riot. -
Boston Tea Party
Officials in boston refused to return 3 ship loads of taxed tea to britian. this caused a huge up roar in britian. They then boarded the ships and proceeded to throw the tea into the harbor. -
First Continental Congress
The first meeting with the colonies was only with twelve of the thirteen colonies. They wanted to right the wrongs that had been inflicted on the colonies. -
Second Continental Congress
The second Continental congress started right after the battle of Lexington and Concord. The Egland militia were still trying to drive out British, so they established militia at the second Continental Congress. -
Articals of Confederation
The articles of Confederation were first thought of July 1775. Although, this was not fully brought in by every state until march 1, 1781. This was the start of the United States of America. -
American Rovolution
This was the final severance of ties with Britain. The declaration of Independence was issued. -
Connecticut Compromise
It allowed equal representation of small and large states. It was also know manly as the great comprimise -
Constituion Convention
Was a time to come together and adress the problems of governing the Unite States of America -
Philly Convention
55 delegates from the states all gathered together and decited they would started establishing a Constitution for the United States.
