-
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was the first document imposed upon a King of England by a group of his subjects, the feudal barons, in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their rights. It required King John to proclaim certain liberties and accept that his will was not arbitrary. It still exists in English law today. -
Jamestown settled
The Virginia Company of London sent an expedition to establish a settlement in the Virginia Colony in December 1606. The colonists chose Jamestown Island for their settlement largely because the Virginia Company advised them to select a location that could be easily defended from attacks by other European states that were also establishing New World colonies. Things got worse before they got better in the jamestown settlement, such as the indians and starvation. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620 by most adult men. the Pilgrims went to America so they could practice religion their own way. The pilgrims knew they needed rules so they created the compact before they set foot on American soil.
the purpose of the mayflower compact was to form a stable government that wouldn't run out of resources quickly. -
Petition of Rights
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. The purpose of the petition was to protect civil liberties. -
English Bill of Rights
This is an act that was passed in 1689, it was a restatement in statutory form of the declaration of right inviting william and mary to become joint sovereign of england. It layed down limits on the powers of the crown, set out the rights of parliament, rules for freedom of speech, and required regular elections to parliament. Its purpose was to ensure certain freedoms as-well-as a Protestant political supremacy. -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies. The Plan represented one of multiple early attempts to form a union of the colonies "under one government as far as might be necessary for defense and other general important purposes." The Albany Plan was the first unification of the colonies. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act 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 be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. The purpose of the tax was to help pay for troops stationed in North America after the British victory in the Seven Years' War. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an incident in which British Army soldiers killed five civilians and injured six others. Depictions, reports, and propoganda further heightened the tension throughout the thirteen colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the sons of liberty in Boston against the tea act. They diguised themselves as American Indians and destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company. The intolerable acts laws were past after they threw the tea overboard into the boston harbor. -
First Continental Congress
This was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies that were called in response to the passage of the intolerable acts. 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. -
Intolerable Acts
This was a series of punitive laws passed by British Parliament to punish the massachusetts colonists that threw the tea overboard. The acts took away Massachusetts self-government and historic rights, triggering outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies. They were key developments in the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun.The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence. -
American Revolution begins
The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Revolution was the result of a series of social, political, and intellectual transformations in American society, government and ways of thinking. -
Declaration of Independence
This is a statement that was adopted by the continental congress to announce and explain its separation from Great Britain. The thirteen colonies regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, but not long after they formed a new nation, the united states of america. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was a document signed amongst the 13 original colonies that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states. It served as the first constitution. An approved version was sent to the states for ratification in 1777. The articles provided domestic and international legitimacy for the Continental Congress to direct the American Revolutionary War,conduct diplomacy with Europe and deal with territorial issues and Native American relation. -
Constitution Convention
The constitution convention took place in order to address the problems in governing the U.S. The convention was intended to revise the Articles of confederation but instead they decided to create a new government rather than to fix the existing one. -
Connecticut Compromise
This was an agreement that was reached in order for large and small states to have equal representation in the United States Constitution. Each state would have two representatives. -
Philadelphia convention
The philadelphia convention took place in order to address the problems in governing the U.S. The convention was intended to revise the Articles of confederation but instead they decided to create a new government rather than to fix the existing one.
