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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
This was the first document that was forced onto King John of England by a group of his subjects. This was an attempt to protect priveleges and limit his powers by law. It was also signed in England. -
Mayflower Compact
The Purpose of the Mayflower Compact was to proclaim allegiance to the king. This was the first written famework of government. -
Petition of Rights
The petition of right is a major document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. the Petition contains restrictions on non-Parliamentary taxation, forced billeting of soldiers, imprisonment without cause, and restricts the use of martial law. Charles I signed the petition of rights. -
English Bill Of Rights
This bill of rights was to grant the people basic human rights for freedom of speech. Also the right to bear arms for defense and be granted the right to the democratic process. -
Albany Plan Of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was proposed to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies. This was suggested by Benjamin Franklin. This plan did not succeed. The popular political cartoon thats associated with the Albany Plan Of Union was join,or die. -
French And Indian War
The war was fought btween the colonies of British America and New France. Great Britain spend a great amount of money fighting the war. Some of the important battles were Battle of fort necessity, battle of fort william and henry, and Battle of River Monongahela. The British won the war. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was passed by the brtish parliament. The new tax was imposed on all American Colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper like newspaper,legal papers, even play cards were taxed. The colonial leaders were very angry. They did not like the fact that they had to pay taxes on pratically everything. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of 5 colonists by british regulars. There was tension between the american colonies since the royal troops arrived in massachusets. A mob of people attacked a group of british soldiers by throwing things. -
Boston Tea Party
The boston tea party was a protest by the sons of liberty in Boston. It was against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. When the officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of tea to Britain, so a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it in the Boston Harbor. The British made the intolerable acts which closed the Boston ports and destroyed the Massachusets government -
intolerable acts
The Boston Tea Party made British leaders very angry. Parliament passed a group of lays to punish the massachusets colony. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a body of representatives appointed by the legislatures of twelve North American colonies of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Not much was established. The delegates would meet again in May. They met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America. Revere's warning at Lexington saved certain patriots from being caught. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was located at the state house in Philadelphia. Many of the 56 delegates attended the second continental congress as well. Some new arrivals were Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock. They also met very briefly at this meeting. -
Declaration of Independence
The declaration of independence states that you have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. -
Articles of confederation
The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments. John Hancock was the first president under this article. -
Start of constitutional Convention
This adressed problems in governing the United States of America.Whch had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. -
King George III Takes power
George Wiliam Frederick was king of Ireland and great britain from the 25th of October, 1760 to the 1st of January,1801.
