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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was signed between the barons of Medieval England and King John . The signings took place at Runnymede near Windsor Castle. This document guaranteed rights to the people. They could not have their property seized by officials. They could not be taxed in most cases. They could not be put on trial based on only an official's word. They could only be punished by a jury of their peers.
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Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was based simultaneously upon a majoritarian model and the settlers' allegiance to the king. It was in essence a social contract in which the settlers consented to follow the compact's rules and regulations for the sake of survival.
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The Petition of Rights
The Petition of Rights included: guarantee of trial by jury, protection against marshal law, protection against quartering of troops, and protection of private property. This document supported the idea that men have rights and established a concept of rule of law. The person who signed it was Charles I. -
English Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights The people involved in the signing were King William III and Queen Mary II. The rights given to the people were, freedom from royal interference with the law, freedom to petition the Monarch, freedom from taxation by royal perogative, freedom from the standing army during times of peace, freedom for Protestants to bear arms, freedom to elect members of parliament without royal intervention, freedom of speech, and freedom to have a fair trial or not to be punished wothout a trial. -
French and Indian War
First Blood of the French and Indian WarThree major groups fought over North America during the French and Indian War: Great Britain, France, and the American Indians. Some of the major battles were, Battle of Fort Necessity, Battle of River Monongahela, Battle of lake George, Battle of Oswego, Battle of Fort William and Henry, Battle of Louisburg, Battle of Fort Ticonderoga, Battle of fort Frontenac, Battle of fort Niagra, Battle of Quebec, and Battle of Montreal. The British won and due to that colonizing North America shifted. -
Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin suggested the Albany Plan of Union. It was rejected though because it would give power to the colonists. The political Cartoon, “Join, or Die” originally appearing in Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette in 1754.
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King George Takes Power
The Stamp Act Raised Taxes. George Washington and some Virginia militia were sent to built a fort where the Monogahela and Allegheny rivers meet. The French had already built Fort Duquesne there, so Washington built Fort Necessity nearby to contain them. The French then attacked him,thus starting the war. The French and Indian War began because The French and British were involved in a dispute over the Ohio River territory and the allegiance of the Native American nations found there. -
Stamp Act
Stamp ActThe new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. Colonial leaders were particularly concerned as the stamp tax was the first internal tax to be levied on the colonies. Colonial leaders were pressuring Parliament through official channels, violent protests erupted throughout the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre resulted in the death of five colonists. The acts that were being enforced that led to the Massacre are the Stamp Act and then in 1767 the Townshends Acts.
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Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea PartyBoston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, a city in the British colony of Massachusetts. The British responded to the Boston Tea Party by making the Intolerable Acts which closed the Boston Ports and destroyed the Massachusetts government. -
Intolerable Acts
[Intolerable Acts](<a href='<a href='http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-intolerable-acts)' >Intolerable Acts</a> ' >Intolerable Acts</a>The Intolerable Acts were to punish them for the Boston Tea Party. The British closed all of Boston's Ports until the colonist's payed for the tea they destroyed during the Boston Tea Party. British restricted colonist to have government/committees/town meetings. British allowed them selves to house troops where ever, when ever,in the colonist's home They let British officials accused of crimes stand trial in Britain, instead of the colonies, and to make Tomas Gage governor of the colonies. -
First Continental Congress
First Continental CongressPeople involved were 55 colonial representatives, including famous Patriots like John Adams, Samuel Adams, George Washington, and Patrick Henry, from twelve colonies that met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to formulate a plan of action. Established from this meeting was a plan of Union of Great Britain and the Colonies, and the Declaration of Rights. The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Concord The result of the conflicts was that the American Revolution had begun. The Generals involved were Colonel Smith, Major Pitcairne and Lord Percy. Paul Revere and William Dawes rode to warn the villages on the route to Concord and the Congress. Militia were commanded by Barrett, Buttrick, Robinson and many others. -
Second Continental Congress
The delegates of the 13 colonies gathered State House in Philadelphia to discuss their next steps. There were several new delegates including: John Hancock from Massachusetts, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, and Benjamin Franklin from Pennsylvania. They adopted the Declaration of Independence. -
Declaration of Independence
The Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain.The new nation will be called the United States of America and will have no further connections with Great Britain . The new government will reserve the right to levy war, make peace, make alliances with foreign nations, and conduct trade. etc.
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Articles of Confederation
The first president under the articles was John Hanson in 1782. He was then followed by Elias Boudinot in 1782, Thomas Mifflin in 1784, Richard Henry Lee in 1785, John Hancock in 1786, Nathan Gorman in 1787, Arthur Saint Clair in 1788, and Cyrus Griffin in 1789.
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Start of Constitutional Convention
55 delegates, representing every state but Rhode Island, met at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, which is now known as Independence Hall. Some people there, were George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. They debated questions, like the presence and future of slavery in American life, and how to integrate that controversial system into the framework of a republican government. Changes were made with a guarantee of certain rights and freedoms.
