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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
The original charter order King John of England to proclaim certain liberties. For example that no free man could be punished except through law of the land. -
Jamestown settled
Group of 104 English men and boys began a settlement on the banks of Virginia's James River -
Mayflower Compact
Written by the Pilgrams seeking freedom to practice Christianity -
Petition of Right
Gives liberties that the King can not infrenge. the Petition contains restrictions on non-Parliamentary taxation, forced billeting of soldiers, imprisonment without cause -
English Bill of Rights
A restatement of the Declaration of Independance. -
Albany Plan of Union
Proposed by Ben Franklin, the Albany Plan of Union was to form a union of the colonies. -
Stamp Act
A direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America. The act required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
Boston Massacre
Event in which British Army Soldiers killed five civillian men. They were there protecting crown-appointed colonial officials. A mob surrounded the soldiers and the soldiers fired into the crowd. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an action by the colonists in Boston against the British Gov. They thought it was against their right to be taxed by their representatives. They snuck on the ships and threw all the tea in the ocean. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of laws passed by the British Parliament -
First Continental Congress
Convention of delegates from twelve British North American colonies. -
American Revolution
13 colonies in North American join together to break apart from the British Gov. -
Second Continental Congress
convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies. The second Congress managed the colonial war effort -
Declaration of Independence
Declared the 13 states independent and no longer under control of the British Gov. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was an agreement among the 13 states that established the US as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. -
Shays Rebellion
A armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts over financial difficulties. -
Connecticut Convection
Defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. -
Philadelphia Convention
The Philadelphia Convention addressed problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain.
