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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
The document was written promises between the king and his people, Magna Carta stated that the king, would govern England and deal people according to law. King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta. -
Jamestown settled
Hundreds of English colonists aboarded the Mayflower arrived along the bank of the James River which founded Jamestown. It was Englands first settlement in North America. -
Mayflower Compact Written
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. The document was signed on the Mayflower ship, in agreements when the settlers settle in North America. -
Petition of Right
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English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights limited the power of the English sovereign.The Bill of Rights gave Englishmen civil and political rights -
Albany Plan of UnionJuly 10, 1754
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan for British North American colonies under a more centralized government. Even though it never happened, it was an important plan for the colonies as a whole under government. -
Stamp Act
The British put taxes on printed materials, legal documents, playing cards, newspapers, etc. The act was for the Bristich to pay for the war the British was just finished with. -
Boston Massacre
A group of British soldiers, come to support a soldier who was beening harrssed by a crowd, took aim in Boston and shots the crowd. Three people were killed immediately and two died from their wounds.. -
Boston Tea Party
Rioters, some disguised as American Indians, destroyed tea sent yo yhe colonist, in defiance of the Tea Act. They boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into Boston Harbor, ruining the tea. -
Intolerable Acts
American Patriots' name for a series of laws passed by the British after the Boston Tea party. The Act took away Massachusetts self-government and historic rights, Thirteen Colonies became outraged and resistance for the American Revolution. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of represenatives from twelve colonies (Georgia was not present), early in the American Revolution. . It was called in response for the Intolerable Acts (punishement for the Boston Tea Party.) -
American Revolution Begins
The American Revolution was a political uproar. The Thirteen Colonies broke from the British and formed an independent nation. -
Second Continental Congress
The second Congress was about colonial war effort, and moveing towards independence. When the Second Continental Congress met, the American Revolutionary War had begun, -
Declaration of Independence
The Continental Congress announced that the thirteen colonies, were independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British. Forming the United States of America. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first written constitution of the United States. It' established the government of the 13 Colonies (United States) after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
Shays Rebellion
A series of protests in by American farmers against state and local tax collections. Daniel Shays was the leader of the rebellion. -
Philadelphia Convention
The Philedelphia Convention adressed problems in governing the United States, The Convention was intended to revise the Articles of Confederation, but it created a new government instead of fix the existing government. -
Connecticut Compromise
Compromise for the argument of large and small states reached, that each state would have a representation for the Constitution, Each state would have two representatives in the upper house, the House of Representatives and the Senate -
Constitution Convention
A meeting of economic problems, demanding a stronger government. The convention was held in the Pennsylvania, to look over the Articles of Confederation.
