Origins of the Constitution

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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

  • 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

  • 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

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