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"Great Charter"- established the idea of limited government.
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First elected lawmaking group in the colonies.
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The pilgrim's plans fo self-government, signed aboard the Mayflower.
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Established limits on the power of a ruler.
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The colonies fought with Great Britain in their war against France.
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Put a tax on legal documents, dice, playing cards, newspapers, stamps, and other things in the colonies.
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Colonists threw barrels of tea into the Boston Harbor in an act of rebellion against taxes.
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General colonial meeting of Delegates in Philadelphia.
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First battles of the Revolutionary War.
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Regrouping of the first congress- established an army and a navy.
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Document declaring separation of the Colonies from Great Britain.
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"Plan for Confederation" for the colonies.
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Ended the Revolutionary War and granted the States their freedom.
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Armed mobs of farmers protested laws and regulations that could lose them their farms.
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The meeting held to draft and complete the Declaration of Independence.
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It was determined that Congress could not prohibit slave trade until the year 1808.
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Stated that all states had equal power regardless of its size and population.
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Proposed the three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.
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Proposed the idea of one vote per state.
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Three fifths of enslaved people could be counted for tax purposes and representation in the states.
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Collectively the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, stating various personal freedoms and rights.
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Rhode Island being the only state not represented at the Constitutional Convention, it was the last to ratify the Constitution.
