Govt.

  • Period: Jan 1, 1200 to

    U.S. Govt. History

  • Magna Carta
    Jan 28, 1215

    Magna Carta

    The document was a series of written promises between the king and his subjects that he, the king, would govern England and deal with its people
  • Petition of Right

    Petition of Right

    The Petition exhibited to his Majesty by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, concerning divers Rights and Liberties of the Subjects, with the King's Majesty's royal answer thereunto in full Parliament.
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

    Limited power to the English sovereign, and was an act of parliament.
  • Albany Plan of Union

    Albany Plan of Union

    British board called a meeting to discuss colonial trade and the danger of attacks by French.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    The killing of 5 colonists that helped spark a war.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Colonists boycotting the high taxes on the tea by throwing it off the boat into the sea.
  • First Conteninta Congress

    First Conteninta Congress

    Was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies that met in Philadelphia.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    Convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in 1775
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Document signifying the United States freedom and being their own country.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    This established "a firm league of friendship" among the states.
  • Shay's Rebellion

    Shay's Rebellion

    Armed uprising that started in Massachusettes.
  • Philadelphia Convention

    Philadelphia Convention

    A convention to discuss the Articles of Confederation.
  • Virginia Plan

    Virginia Plan

    Proposal by Virginia delegates for a bimerical legislative branch.
  • New Jersey Plan

    New Jersey Plan

    was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787