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Jun 19, 1215
Magna Carta
First document forced
a. signed by feudal barons and king john. Signed at Runnymede near Windsor castle.
b.The document was a series of written promises between the king and his subjects that he, the king, would govern England and deal with its people according to the customs of feudal law. Magna Carta promised laws that were good and fair. It states that everyone shall have access to courts and that costs and money should not be an issue if someone wanted to take a problem to the law courts. -
Mayflower Compact
Mayflower CompactIn this link you will find facts for the mayflower compact and here you will find all sorts of new things. This site will tell you why the pilgrims wanted to leave england and how they came to america.It was when the people of Britain wanted to go to a new place to be free and away from royalty.
a.purpose that the people/pilgrims wanted to get away from the king and queen so they can get make their own rules and practice their religion in their own way. -
Petition of Right
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.
a. The rights that were granted to the subjects under the petition was the restictionsd on non-parlimentary taxation, forced billeting of soldiers, imprisonment without cause, restricts the use of martial law.
Image- this is the petition of right and it shows the petition and what it says
b. Charles I -
English Bill of Rights
It was a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right.
a.William and Mary
b.The Bill of Rights asserted that Englishmen had certain inalienable civil and political rights, monarchs could not establish their own courts or act as judges themselves; prevent Protestants from bearing arms, create a standing army; impose fines or punishments without trial; or impose cruel and unusual punishments or excessive bail. Free speech in Parliament was also protected -
Albany Plan of Union
This was a proposal to create a unified govenment for the thirteen colonies.
a. Benjamin Franklin
b.no, it never happened.
c. Join or die
d. created by Benjamin Frankin -
French and Indian War
This was the final colonial war. It is also called the Seven Years War.
a. Great Britain, France, and American Indians.
b. Battle of Quebec,Battle of the Monogahela,Battle of Bloody Creek, and Battle of Ticonderoga
Image- here the british soldier is fighing with a indian.
c. Great Britain -
King George III takes power
He was the king of Great Britain.
a. first true breath of freedon have desire to live free or die.
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Stamp Act
A tax that was passed by the British Parliment. It was a tax on almost everything. This tax was imposed on all American colonists.
a. The items that were taxed were ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards
.b.Sons of Liberty led riots in Boston and rebelled.
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Boston Massacre
It is known as the incident on king street and it all started by someone insulting a soldier.
a) 5 colonist were killed
b) british soldiers were put on trial and 2 out of the six of them were found guilty of manslaughter. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea partyThis video is about how the sons of liberty invaided and dressed like indians so they could pour the tea out of the boats.
a. Sons of Liberty
b. responded with the Intolerable Acts.
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Intolerable Acts
This was a variety of acts that was passed by the British Parliment after the Boston Tea Party.
a. This act was caused by how the American Colonists destroyed the other acts.
b. The provisions these acts were The Boston Port Act, The Massachusetts Government Act, The Administration of Justice Act, The Quartering Act, and The Quebec Act. -
First Continental Congress
Convention of delegates from twelve colonies.
a. Colo. George Washington, Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Edmund Pendleton, Colo. Benjamin Harrison, Richard Bland, and at the head of them Peyton Randolph
b.pact for nonimportation of English goods, to establish mechanisms throughout the colonies to enforce and regulate the resistance to Great Britain, and to keep the channels of communication open.
Image- meeting of the first continental congress
c. Carpenters Hall in Philedelphia -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and ConcordHere you will find details abouthe lexington and concord battle. It will help you find all kind of facts about itThis started a Revolutionary War. The war created a conflict between Great Britain and the 13 Colonies.
a. the colonists formally won their independence
b.british soldiers (redcoats) and the patriots(american colonists.)
c.to warn his fellow citizens that the red coats were coming; he would then go to the watchtower for his fellow companion, and keep watch for the british. If they came by foot he would hold one light up, and if by sea he would hold two lights. -
Second Continental Congress
It was the convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies. The meeting started after the Revolutionary War and then the second continental succeded.
a. philidelphia
b. move towards independence and the declaration if there was independence.
image- meeting of the second continental congress
c. George Bush, John Adams, and John Hancock -
Declaration of Independence
This was a statement stating that the 13 colonies were no longer a part of Great Britain and that Americans could have their freedom that they always desired.
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Articles of Confederation
The Article of Confederations was the first constitution of the US, but in 1781 it was replaced be the US constitution.
a.John Hanson
Image- this is showing what the articles of confederation looked like. and it is the articles of confederation -
The Treaty of Paris
This treaty ended the Revolutionary War.
a. Benjamin Franklin
b: the boundaries of the new republic were agreed upon: Florida north to the Great Lakes and the Atlantic coast west to the Mississippi River.
C: the Treaty of Paris was also the name of the agreement that had ended the Seven Years' War in 1763, Britain officially agreed to recognize the independence of its 13 former colonies as the new United States of America. -
Start of a Constitutional Convention
This was set to address the problems in governing the United States.
a. delegates from five states called for a constitutional convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation.
b: to revise the Articles of Confederation, but many delegates sought to eliminate the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation by creating an entirely new document.
