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Magna Carta
Magna Carta Libertatum, which is called Magna Carta is charter agreed to by King John of England on June 15, 1215. First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons -
Mayflower Compact Written
he Mayflower Compact, signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower. It was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. The compact was drafted to prevent dissent among Puritans and non-separatist Pilgrims who had landed at Plymouth a few days earlier. -
Petition of Right
The Petition of Right is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing.The Petition contains restrictions on non-Parliamentary taxation, forced billeting of soldiers, imprisonment without cause, and the use of martial law. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights is an act that the Parliament of England passed.The Bill creates separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election and bolsters freedom of speech. -
Albany Plan of Union
he Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies. It was suggested by Benjamin Franklin, and a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany Congress on in Albany, New York. -
Stamp
It was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies. Printed materials included legal documents, magazines, playing cards, newspapers, and many other types of paper used throughout the colonie -
Boston Massacre
This is event was known as the Incident on King Street by the British. British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under intense attack by a mob -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. According to eyewitness testimonies, the Boston Tea Party occurred between the hours of 7:00 and 10:00 PM and lasted for three hours. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance of throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbor in reaction to being taxed by the British. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies. They met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
American Revolution begins
About 700 British troop were on a mission to capture Patriot leaders and seize a Patriot arsenal. They marched into Lexington to find 77 armed minutemen under Captain John Parker waiting for them on the town’s common green. -
Second Continental Congress
The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved towards independence. the United States Declaration of Independence was also adopted. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. A committee of five had already drafted the formal declaration, to be ready when Congress voted on independence. The term "Declaration of Independence" is not used in the document itself. -
Article of Confederation
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777. However, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1, 1781. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Massachusetts. Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays led four thousand rebels in an uprising against perceived economic and civil rights injustices -
Philadelphia Convention
Delegates from the various states met in the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. Among the first orders of business was electing George Washington president of the Convention and establishing the rules including complete secrecy concerning its deliberations that would guide the proceedings. -
Connecticut Compromise
The Connecticut Compromise was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention. This part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.
