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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
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The Magna Carta was signed by King John and the barons in Runnymede. The Magna Carta promised the barons more freedom and gave less power to King John, who had abused his people beause of his status as king. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was created to establish the government of the pilgrims of America. They wanted an organized government without a King or Queen and with religious freedom. The pilgrims used this document to establish the rules and laws of a stable government and economy that would not fall. -
petition of rights
A few rights granted from this petition were no free man should be forced to pay any tax, no freeman should be imprisoned contrary to laws of the land, soldiers and sailors should not be billeted on private persons and commissions to punish soldiers and sailors by marital law should be abolished charels 1 was the first to sign this document. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights was signed by King and Queen William and Mary of Orange. This document gave political rights, right to bear arms and religious policies to the English people. -
Albany Plan of Union
A plan suggested by Benjamin Franklin, used create a united government for the 13 colonies of British America. The political cartoon, 'Join or Die', was created to symbolize the need for unity within the colonies. All the current colonies were represented by pieces of a snake's body, all separated, thus rendering the snake dead, ineffective, etc.
The Albany Plan of Union was never actually put in motion, but influenced many future plans. -
French and Indian War
The 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. -
King George III Takes Power
King George III had become King after his grandfather's death, being given the title of his heir beforehand. After the French and Indian War, Georgey started to tax the colonies with the Stamp Act. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act put taxes on virtually every printed/parchment=-related object in the colonies. Ship papers, playing cards, you name it. Of course, this was outrageous! The colonial leaders, in reply, came together in the Stamp Act Congress and asked for a repeal, stating it was unfair that the British would tax them without proper say. The act was repealed a year later. -
Boston Massacre
This fateful tragety - a shooting of Colonial protesters by the British - immediately killed three, mortally wounded (and eventually killed) two, and injured six. The Boston Massacre occoured due to rising tensions between the British and the Colonies - this came from taxing, social and political reasons, but the greatest cause was the Townshend Acts. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest organized by the Sons of Liberty, in which mass amount of (very heavily taxed) tea was dumped into the harbors of Boston. After this event that some refer to as what started the - official - American Revolution, the British Government made a protest of their own by unleashing the Intolerable Acts, which in turn closed the Boston Ports, stopped colonists' meetings to plan against the British, among other things. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were, in essense, Britian's snarky reply to the Boston Tea Party. "You want to play dirty? Have at it. Ohoho!"
Or something like that.
In said act, Britain closed Boston's Ports until the the tea the colonists wasted was repaid in full. They also condemned colonists to have meetings without British present at any time. As well as allowing themselves into Colonial homes without any reason! Lastly, British accused of crimes in the colonies stand trial in Britian. Bias, much? -
First Continental Congress
Ben Franklin, George Washington, Sam Adams, John Adams and Patrick Henry were major personalities involved with this event. The Plan of Union of Great Britian and the Colonies, The Suffolk Resolves and Declaration of Rights are all outcomes of this meeting. It took place in Philadelphia. -
lexington and concord
Lexington and Concord resulted in the colonist winning their independence. The two sides were led by Paul Revere, Colonel Smith, Lord Percy, and Commander Barrett. Paul Revere played a large role in this because he rode around the town screaming that the British were coming which prepared them for the fight they would eventually win. -
second continental congress
The Second Continental Congress took place in Philadelphia, same as the First Continental Congress.America's Independence from Britian and the Articles of Confederation are two of the main ideas that came about from this meeting. The colonial leaders involved were John Hancock, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Samuel Adams. -
Declaration of Independence
the decleration of independance is a contitution that says that all men are created equal with sertian unalienable rights.the declaration was formed as a set of law that everyone in the united states have to live by and law are still added to it all the time and those laws are called amendments. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States, it left most power with the state governments. John Hanson was the first president under the Articles of Confederation. -
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.
