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Magna Carta
A document signed by King John of England (1166-1216) which he was forced to sign. It reduced the power he had as a king in England. The purpose of the Magna Carta was to curb the King and make him govern by the old English laws that had prevailed before the Normans came -
Petition Right
It is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. Passed on 7 June 1628, the Petition contains restrictions on non-Parliamentary taxation, forced billeting of soldiers, imprisonment without cause, and restricts the use of martial law. -
English Bill of Rights
Act of Paralament of England that ensured freedoms and ensured a Protestant Political supremacy -
Albany Plan of Union
It is a proposal to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies. -
Change in States
In the states, there was a dramatic increase in democracy and liberty for the white males. Many states adopted bills of rights to protect freedoms, abolished religious qualifications for holding office and liberalized requirements for voting. -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers killed five men and injured six after verbal threats and after objects were thrown at them. -
Boston Tea Party
It was a pollitical protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. against the tax policy of the British government and the East India OCmpany. Officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into the Boston Harbor. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philidelphia September 5 to October 26, 1774. It was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies (not including Georgia). The Congress was attended by 56 members appointed by the legislatures of twelve of the Thirteen Colonies. The Congress met briefly to consider options, including an economic boycott of British trade; rights and grievances; and petitioned King George III for redress of those grievances. -
Revolutionary War
The roots of the American Revolution can be traced to the year 1763 when British leaders began to tighten imperial reins. Britain’s land policy prohibiting settlement in the West irritated colonists as did the arrival of British troops. -
Second Continental Congress
Convention of delegates to manage colonial war effort and move towards independence. -
Declaration of Independence
It was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. John Adams was a leader in pushing for independence, which was approved on July 2. The Declaration was ultimately a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain. -
Articles of Confederation
Agreement among thirteen founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as it constitution. -
Shay's Rebellion
An attempt to reform the State government. -
Founding Fathers
Historian Richard B. Morris in 1973 identified the following seven figures as the key Founding Fathers: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. In all, 55 delegates attended the Constitutional Convention sessions, but only 39 actually signed the Constitution -
Philadelphia Convention
Also known as the Constitutional Convention, the Federal Convention, or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia. It took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. The convention was to create a new government rather than fix the existing ones. -
Virginia Plan
A proposed structure of government to the Philadelphia Convention. -
New Jersey Plan
Also known as the Small State Plan or the Paterson Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787. The less populous states were adamantly opposed to giving most of the control of the national government to the more populous states, and so proposed an alternative plan that would have kept the one-vote-per-state representation under one legislative body from the Articles of Confederation. -
Slavery is made Illegal
Slavery is made illegal in the northern states of the United States of America. They finally realized how awful slavery was and banned it from farmers using them on their farms. -
President Lincoln's Death
President Lincoln was a very good president for
The United States and was unfortunately killed by John Wilkes Booth. He was killed while watching a play right before the Civil War ended. -
Vietnam War
It was a Cold War era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. It's also know as the American War.
