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A document consitituing a fundemental guarantee of rights; 3 privileges
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In Virginia, first settlement in North America. Was named after King James I of England.
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First governing document of plymouth colony. Was written by separalist congregationalist who called themselves saints.
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Is a major english constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of subject that the king is prohibited from infringing
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Is the first ten amendments to the constitution. Provides freedom to citizens and limit the power of the government.
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Was a proposal to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies, suggested by Ben Franklin.
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An act of the British Parliament that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing stamp duty on newspapar and legal & commercial documents.
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Was a street fight that was between "patriot" mob, throwing stones and stick, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonist were killed.
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An act of defiance toward the British government by American colonists, it took place in 1773 before the Revolutionary War.
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Was the American Patriots name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party.
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Colonies won their independence.
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Was a convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies. After warfare in American Rev. War had begun.
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Was a meeting of delegates from tweleve of the thirteen colonies that met on Sep. 5th to Oct 26th, 1774 at Corpenters Hall. Early in American Revoution.
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Formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring freedom of the 13 colonies from Great Britian.
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The original constitution of the U.S. ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the U.S. Constitution in 1789.
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An uprising led by a former militia officer, Daniel Shay, brokeout in western Massachusetts in a courthouse because of financial difficulties brought about by a post-war, economic depression, a credit squeeze caused by a lack of hard currency, and fiscally harsh government policies instituted.
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Is a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution of revising an existing convention
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The gathering that drafted the constitution of the U.S. All states could send delgates.
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Was an agreemnet that large and amll states reached during constitution convention.
