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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta June 15 1215
It was the first formal document stating that a King had to follow the laws of the land and it guaranteed the rights of individuals against the wishes of the King. -
Mayflower Compact November 11 1620
The Mayflower Compact was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. -
Petition Of Rights June 7 1628
*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.
* restrictions on non-Parliamentary taxation,
* forced billeting of soldiers
*imprisonment without cause
*the use of martial law -
Navigation Act October 9 1651
designed to tighten the government's control over trade between England, its colonies, and the rest of the world.
*Imported goods from non-English America had to arrive in England and her colonies in English ships.
*England's American colonies could only export their goods in English ships.
*Imported goods from Europe had to arrive in England and their colonies either in English ships or in ships that came directly from the producing country -
Bill Of Rights December 16 1689
dealt with constitutional matters and laid out certain basic civil rights.
*no cruel and unusual punishment
*free election of congress
*no taxes without congress' concent
*right to a fair trial -
Proclamation of 1763 October 7 1763
*forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
*closed down colonial expantion westword
*it effected all 13 colonies -
Sugar Act April 5 1764
Colonial Merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
Stamp Act March 22 1765
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
*restricted colonists -
Boston Tea Party December 16 1773
the colonists did not want to have to pay taxes on the British tea.
* a protest against taxes
*viewed it as taxation tyranncy -
First Shots At Lexington and Concord April 19 1774
*British army sent to confenscate
*Seize arm cache
*British retreted -
The First Continental Congress September 5 1774
they met to denounce the intolerable acts in America. -
The Second Continental Congress May 10 1775
The Second Continental Congress reacted to decteration of rights -
Declaration Of Independence July 4 1776
In fact, independence was formally declared on July 2, 1776, a date that John Adams believed would be “the most memorable epocha in the history of America.” On July 4, 1776, Congress approved the final text of the Declaration. It wasn't signed until August 2, 1776.
