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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Magna Carta websiteIt was signed between Midevil England and King John by the WIndsor. This document guaranteed rights to nobleman and freemen. 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. -
Mayflower Compact
Mayflower compactsigned by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. The compact was drafted to prevent dissent amongst Puritans and non-separatist Pilgrims who had landed at Plymouth a few days earlier. -
Petition of Rights
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. The Petition of Right was produced by the English Parliament in the run-up to the English Civil War.
this made it so that martial law may not be imposed in time of peace, and that prisoners must be able to challenge the legitimacy of their detentions through the writ of habeas corpus.
it was signed by king charles the first -
French and Indian War
WarThe French and The British were he main rivals in the war.
Battle of Fort Necessity~~ Battle of River Monongahela~~ Battle of lake George~~Battle Of Fort William and Henry~~Battle of fort Niagra~~ Battle of Quebec.
They both won the conflict with the French getting territorys and well as the British.
The French and Indian War gave us our first true breath of freedom along with the desire to continue to live free or die. -
Albany plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin suggested the use of the Albany Plan Of Union. It never happened it failed. The cartoon shown in the picture is called "Join and Die" -
King George III takes power
King GeorgeThe relationship between the colonies and Great Britain during the Pre-Revolutionary period was very similar to the relationship of a parent and a child. Even when the colonies were angry with Great Britain, they still had respect for them. -
Stamp Act
tea actThe new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
These resolves declared that Americans possessed the same rights as the English, especially the right to be taxed only by their own representatives; that Virginians should pay no taxes except those voted by the Virginia House of Burgesses; -
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre 5 Colonist were killed. The lower class was trying to break free of the rule of the Monarchy they lived under. Tired of living in the slum they wanted to break free and have a self sustained government. -
Boston Tea party
Boston Tea PartyThe sons of Liberty organized the Boston Tea Party. By putting more taxes on goods and it sparked the American Revolution -
Intolerable Acts
Series of laws sponsored by British Prime Minister Lord North and enacted in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party.
The boston tea party caused the Intolerable acts to be passed.
WHAT IT INTELED:
Granted a change of location to great britian or british colonie in a event of a jury trail.
limited colonial powers and renstated royal government and outlawing freely called town meetings and elected positions. -
First Continental Congress
congress
Patrick Henry, George Washington, John Adams, and John Jay were the major people involved. The first major American opposition to British policy came in 1765 after Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a taxation measure designed to raise revenues for a standing British army in America. "no taxation without represintation" the meeting was held at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. -
Lexington and Concord
They were battles.
here were a few casualties for the Colonists then the British went to North Bridge in Concord where there was a skirmish with casualties on both sides. On the march back to Boston, the Brits got battered by colonists joining the fight from the surrounding Massachusetts towns and suffered pretty high casualties
Colonel Smith, Major Pitcairne and Lord Percy commanded the British Troops.
Paul Revere road to the village to warm the british were coming. -
Second Continental Congress
This took place at the Pennyslvania state house in philly in Pennyslvania. Restore the civil rights and raise a militia and boycott british goods. John hancock. ben franklin. thomas jefferson. joshephe gallaway. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the 13 American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empirer. -
Articles of Confederation
videoJohn Hanson was the first president under the terms of the Articles of Confederation.
the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789. -
Start of Constitutional Convention
On May 15, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, issued “A Resolve” to the thirteen colonies: “Adopt such a government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the safety and happiness of their constituents in particular and America in general.” Between 1776 and 1780 each of the thirteen colonies adopted a republican form of government. What emerged was the most extensive documentation of the powers of government. -
English Bill of Rights
English Bill of RightsIt was written by James Madison and George Mason. The house and Congress approved the Amendments.
First Amendment - Freedom of speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly, and to petition the government
Second Amendment - Right for the people to keep and bear arms, as well as to maintain a militia
Third Amendment - Protection from quartering of troops
Fourth Amendment - Protection from unreasonable search and seizure
Fifth Amendment - Due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, private.
