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Jun 15, 1215
The Magna Carta
Latin for The Great Charter. It is a charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor -
The Settlement of Jamestown
It was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony. It served as the capital of Virginia until 1699. The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first popularly elected legislature in the new world. -
The Mayflower Compact
Was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by separatist Congregationalist who called themselves "Saints" -
The Petition of Rights
A statement of civil liberties sent by the King Parliment to Charles I. Refusal by Parliment to finance the king's unpopluar forign policy. -
English Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights 1689- An act declaring the rights and liberties of the subject and settling the succesion of the crown. -
The Albany Plan of Union
It was a proposal to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies suggested by Ben Franklin. -
Stamp Act Congress
It was the first gathering of elected representatives from several of the American colonies to create a unified protest against new British taxations -
First Continental Congress
It was a meeting of delegates from 12 to the 13 colonies that met at carpenter's hall in Philadephia, Penssylvania -
Second Continental Congress
It was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that started meeting in 1775, soon after warfare had begun.
