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Signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower. Was the first written framework of government establisted in the United States.
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Piligrams wanted a place where they could worship and live as they chose
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founded by an English stock company.
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Organision of patriots that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies. They under took the Boston Tea Party in reaction to the increase of taxes. They formed to protect the rights of the colonists.
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Was a convention of delegates from the threeteen colonies. They managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776
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Was the first constitution of the United States. Stemmed from wartime urgency. It was slowed by fears of central authorityand extensive land claims by states.
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It inspired people in the Threeteen Colonies to declair and fight for indepentence. It explained the advantages of and the need immediate independence.
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Delaware was the first state to ratify the constitution by unanimous vote. Ratification process was a sort of like second American revolution.
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