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Early 'Merica Government Event

  • Magna Carta
    Sep 19, 1215

    Magna Carta

    First document forced upon the King of England limiting his powers.
  • Jamestown settled

    Jamestown settled

    Where the first pilgrims landed and settled
  • Mayflower Compact written

    Mayflower Compact written

    First governing document of Plymouth Colony
  • Petition of Right

    Petition of Right

    English constitutional document which started giving English people the rights we have today
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

    an act of the parliament of England reducing the King's power.
  • Albany Plan of Union

    Albany Plan of Union

    A proposal to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Taces on the colonies paper products
  • Boston Massacre

    British soldiers fired into a civilian crowd without given orders.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    political protest against the tax of the British government.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    Convention of 12 colonies in response to England's Coercive Acts
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    laws passed in reaction to the Boston Tea Party stripping Massachusetts of self-government.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    Convention of 13 colonies which was the beginnings of the new United States
  • American Revolution begins

    American Revolution begins

    A brief fire between British troops and minutemen of the colonies caused by unknown gunfire from one of the two sides.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Statement announcing the 13 colonies free from Great Britain and the beginning of the United States
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    The first constitution written by the United States
  • Shay's Rebellion

    Shay's Rebellion

    An armed uprising in Massachusetts caused by economic depression
  • Philadelphia Convention

    Philadelphia Convention

    adressed problems in governing the United States of America. Created the Constitution we use today,
  • Constitution Convection

    I cannot find any data on this event, i believe it is the same as the Philadelphia Convention
  • Conneticuit Compromise

    Conneticuit Compromise

    required each state to be represented equally by having to representatives in the house