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Magna Carta
The Magna Carta is about the English charter issued on June 15, 1215. It required King John of England to accept that his will and judgement was not just in his decision. That no "freeman" can be punished except through the law of the land. It was the first document forced on an English King by his subjects. -
Mayflower Compact Written
It was the first document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the colonists, later together known to history as the Pilgrims, who crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower. -
Petition of Right
The Petition of Right is an English constitutional document that contains restrictions on non-Parliamentary taxation, imprisonment without cause, and restricts the use of martial law. It's seen as one of England's most famous constitutional documents. -
English Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights was a restatement of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary as an invitation for them to become joint sovereigns of England. -
Albany Plan of Union
It was an early attempt proposed by Benjamin Franklin at The Albany Congress to form a union of colonies under one government during the French and Indian War. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed by British Parliament on colonies of British America. It required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
Boston Massacre
Also called "The Incident On King Street" The Boston Massacre occured on March 5th, 1770 British Army soldiers killed 5 civilian men in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party involved colonists in Boston taking action against The British government and the East India Company, A group of colonists boarded a ship that officials refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain and began throwing the tea over board into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 Relating to colonies in North America. The acts caused outrage in the Thirteen colonies, 4 of which issued in response to The Boston Tea Party. They were important in the growth of The American Revolution. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting between delegates from 12 British North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774. They met as a response to the passage of the Coercive Acts. 56 members attended the meeting. They met to consider what they could do such as boycott British trade, rights and petitioning King George III. -
Second Continental Congress
The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved closer towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. With the ratification of the Articles of Confederation, the Congress became known as the Congress of the Confederation. -
American Revolution Begins
It was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. -
Declaration of Independence
It was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. It announced that the thirteen American colonies that were at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and were no longer a part of the British Empire. -
Articles of confederation
It was an agreement Between the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. The United States Constitution replaced the Articles in 1789. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion was an armed uprising that occured in massachusettes in 1786. Shay's Rebellion was named after Daniel Shay who was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. -
connecticut compromise
It was an agreement that all states reached during the Constitutional Convention that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution -
Philadelphia Convention
The Philiadelphia Convention occured to address problems in governing The United States of America. The delegates prounounced George Washington to preside over the convention. The result ending in the creation of the the United States Constitution.
