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Jan 15, 1215
Magna Carta
The charter was an important part of the extensive historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law Magna Carta was important in the colonization of America as England's legal system was used as a model for many of the colonies as they were developing their own legal systems. -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
The first recorded power limiting document signed by a king Magna Carta was the first document forced onto a King of England by a group of his subjects, the feudal barons, in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their privileges. -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
[Fight for Liberty The Magna Carta](http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCEpYfq6DZc&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active)The 1215 King John of England to proclaim certain liberties and accept that his will was not arbitrary FREEDOM could be punished except through the law of the land, a right that still exists. -
May Flower Impact
The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620 by most adult men (piligrims) -
Petition of rights
Petition od right is a major English constitution document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that king is prohibited from infringing -
English Bill of Rights
written by james madison in response to calls from several states for greater contitutional protection for individual liberties, the bill of rights lists specific prohibitons on government power. one of the many points of contention between federalists and anti-federalists was the constitution's lack of bill of rights that would place specific limits on government power. constitution did not need a bill of rights, because the people and states kept any powers not given to the federal government. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years' War. The war was fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France, who declared war on each other in 1756 -
Albany Plan of union
The idea behind the Albany 'plan of union' was created by a group of English officials, and the document was later drafted by Benjamin Franklin. The English were afraid that the French and Indian Wars would put a lot of strain on the colonies The Albany Plan of Union was proposed in 1754. It was written by Benjamin Franklin. The plan was proposed to create a union among the colonies, which would send delegates to an assembly. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act 1765 imposed a direct tax by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America, and it required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped pape -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others. British troops had been stationed in Boston, capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, since 1768 in order to protect and support crown-appointed colonial officials attempting to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation -
Boston Tea Party
The Tea Party was the culmination of a resistance movement throughout British America against the Tea Act, which had been passed by the British Parliament in 1773. Colonists objected to the Tea Act because they believed that it violated their rights -
First continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies that met on September 5, 1774, The Congress was attended by 56 members appointed by the legislatures of twelve of the Thirteen Colonies -
declaration of independence
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Intolerable Acts
The acts stripped Massachusetts of self-government and historic rights, triggering outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies. They were key developments in the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775 -
Lextington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.[9][10] They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. 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 -
Second continental Congress
The second Continental congress was a convectiob of delegates from the thirteen colinies thet stared meeting in the summer of 1775 When the second continental congress came together in may 10 1775 it was effect a reconvenin of the First Continental Congress -
King george III takes power
George III was one of the longest reigning British Monarchs. He oversaw the conquest of an empire in the Seven Years' War, and the loss of the American Colonies in the War of Independence. The British Empire was the leading model of Industrial and economic development in an era when the whole world was to be mapped and conquered. -
Start of Contitutinal Convection
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Articles Of Confederation
Was the agreement among the 13 foundingstates that established the united sates of america as a confederation of sovering states and served as the first contitution
