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This document limited the power of monarchs, in particular King John. This is the first document to do so and give citizens rights.
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This was America's first permanent colony. It was sponsored by the Virginia Company who was looking to make a profit from an area they believed was rich in natural resources.
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This was the first democratic government document written in America. The colonists agreed to choose their leaders and make their own laws which they agreed to follow.
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An English constitutional document that set certain liberties of the citizens that the king is prohibited from infringing.
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This Bill creates a separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, improves the democratic election process and further implements freedom of speech.
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This was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies. It was proposed by Benjamin Franklin, a senior leader.
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This was an act by the British Parliament that was made to gain revenue from the American colonies by imposing a tax on everyday goods. This led to American unrest.
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This was the shooting of five people by the the British that was labeled a massacre to cause attention and hysteria against the British.
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A political protest by the Sons of Liberty in which they dressed as Indians and threw the British tea into the Boston Harbor. A total of 342 chests of tea on three ships.
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These acts were series of laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party
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This was the meeting of 12 of the 13 colonies to discuss the affect and reaction to the Intolerable Acts.
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The people of the 13 colonies wanted to become a free and independent nation from Great Britain. The war between the lasts from 1775 - 1783 ending in victory for America.
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The meeting of the 13 colonies that declared that the Revolutionary War had begun between America and the British. They moved towards independence.
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The American document from the Second Continental Congress that declared the separation of the 13 colonies from the kingdom of Britain.
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This was the original constitution of the United States of America. An agreement by the 13 colonies to be governed by.
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This was s series of protests from 1786 through 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt.
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A convention held in order to discuss the possible ratifications to the Articles of Confederation. This took place in Philadelphia.
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This meeting defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.
