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King John affixed to seal the Magna Carta in a Field at Runnymede. It was supposed to fix a problem, but it never did.
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It was the first successful English settlement in the mainland of America.
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the first written framework of government that established what is now the United States. It was written on the boat by the pilgrams.
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An important document setting out the rights and liberties of the subject as opposed to the prerogratives of the crown. This petition favorited the common man was championed by Sir Edward Coke.
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An act declaring the rights and liberties of the subject and setting the succession of the crown.
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It was a plan to place British North American colonies under a more centralized government. It was adopted on July 10, 1754. It was never carried out, but it was the first important plan to try and conceive of the colonies together under one government.
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The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay taxes on every piece of paper they used.
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It was the killing of five colonists by british regulars. Royal troops came in and tried to enforce the heavy tax burden.
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A group of Massachusetts patriots protested the monoply on American tea. The threw 342 things of tea into the harbor.
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The government spent money on troops and equiptment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts.British merchants lost a lot of money.
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The first met in Carpenter's Hall. It was also the seat of the Pennsylvania congress.
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ended two centuries of British rule for most of the North American colonies.
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Rough draft of the declaration of independence written by Thoms Jefferson.
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Foundation of the rights that are guranteed to American citizens. Thomas Jefferson wrote it.
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The first constitiution of the United States. It was in force from March 1, 1781 until 1789.
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armed insurrection by farmers in W Massachusetts against the state government.
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It was a convention to address the problems in governing the United States.
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It was a convention to address the problems in governing the United States.
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Resolved issues of represention in Congress.
