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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
Document that limited the power of the monarch -
Jamestown Founded
First American Colony -
Period: to
French Indian War
French and Indians against Britich -
KIng George The 3rd is King
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Stamp act
Tax stamps on all legal documents -
Boston Massacre
Killing of civilians in boston by british -
Boston Tea Party
Threw british tea into boston harbor -
1st continental congress
Delagates from every colony (except) Georgia met in philadelphia -
2nd continental congress
Delagates met -
Revolutionary War Begins
War begins -
Decleration of Independence
Proclaiming the existence of the new nation -
Articles of Confederation
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Revolutionary War ends
War Ends -
Ratification of Congress
Congress is Ratifed -
Constitutional Convention
Called to revise the ailing articles of confederation -
Shays Rebellion
Armed uprising in massachusetts