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May 6, 1215
magna carta
higher class people also know as (nobles) got land from king john, the nobles expected to pay taxes , and suppoet the army and obey king john in return. -
Jan 1, 1300
Bicameral parliament
a group of citizens met regularly with henry lll , henry lll had to meet with them for advice and help governing. over time this group became known as the parliment and began making laws for the country. -
glorious revolution
in 1688 parliment removed king james from power and gave the throne to william and mary. -
English bill of rights
parliament wanted to be sure that no king or queen could ever try to take back thire power and become too powerful. They created the english bill of rights. this said only the parliment could make laws, raise taxes, and control the army. -
Boston Tea Party
there were lots of taxes, the court cases were tried by british judge, not a colonial jury, and the british forced colonist to provide housing supplies. -
U.S. declared independence from british
it was a long declaration paper that stated that we were free and could do what we wanted. -
articles of confederation was approved
a group of goverment get together and for a common purpose. the artical of confederation did not unite the states into a sigle country instead, they established a system for cooperation amoung the independent states. -
shays rebelion
Shay' Rebellion,an agument between New England farmers and merchants that tested the precarious institutions of the new republic -
constitutional convention
four months and 55 delegates from the many states met to frame a Constitution for a federal republic that would last into remote futurity. -
the great compromise
two hundred senators and representatives boarded a special train to go to Philadelphia to celebrate a singular congressional anniversary. -
america divided: federalist, anti- federalist
federalist and anti federalist were one froup that split and had different oppinions on the consitution. federalist thought we needed a strong goverment anti federalist thought it took to much power from the states -
united States Constitution is ratified
a great debate took place throughout America over the Constitution that had been proposed. This is the story of the debate over the ratification of the United States Constitution. -
Bicameral parliament
a group of citizens met regulary witth henry IIl, so they could give henry lll with advice and help governing. over time this group became known as parliament and begin making laws for the county.
