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Feb 27, 1215
Magna Carta
a. King John
b. England
c. The right of the church to be free from government interference, rights of all free citizens to own and inherit property and be protected from excessive taxes and the right of widows who owned property to choose to not remarry -
Mayflower Compact
A. the Pilgrim leaders had realized they needed a temporary governemnt authority and without a king and queen they needed to make rules for themselves that they agreed upon. It served as the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony. -
Petition of Rights
a. Rights include no freeman should be forced to pay any tax, loan, or benevolence, unless in accordance with an act of parliament, no free man should be imprisioned, that soldiers and sailors should not be billeted on private persons, and commissions to punish soldiers and sailors by martial law should be abolished.
b. Charles I signed the document. -
English Bill of Rights
A. The English Bill of Rights was singed by King William and Queen Mary
B. gave the peoiple required elections in parliament and gave the people the right to petition the monarch without fear of retribution. It also reestablished the liberty of protestants to have arms in their defense within the rule of law -
Albany Plan of Union
A. english officials. Under this plan each legislature would elect delegates to an American continental assembly presided over by a royal governor
B. no, british officials realized the plan could create a very powerful entity that His Majesty's Governemnt might not be able to control
C. "Join or Die"
D. Benjamin Franklin -
French and Indian War
<a href='http://www.watertown.k12.ma.us/cunniff/americanhistorycA. French and Iroquios Indians and the British and Huron Indians
B. Battle of Quebec, Battle of Quiberon Bay, French surrender Montreal
C. British
D. It hindered our relationship with the British because we didn't want their presence or control and didn't feel we should have to pay for their troops being there when we didn't want them to be. -
King George III takes power
A. King George decided that the British should help pay for the costs of the war and the cost of keeping troops in north america. He angered the colonists by making them pay new taxes and not allowing them to make more settlements in and beyond the Appalachian Mountains. http://www.watertown.k12.ma.us/cunniff/americanhistorycentral/07differencesdivide/The_French_and.html -
Stamp Act
a. Essentially every paper was taxed: newspapers, legal doccuments, playing cards, etc.
b. Prompted "No taxation without representation." as well as the Stamp Act Resolves by Virginia House of Burgesses. Not a positive reaction. -
Boston Massacre
a. 6 colonists in total were killed.
b. The Townshend Acts, unpopular taxation measures, were being enforced prior to the tradgedy and led to the massacre. -
Boston Tea Party
A. Sons of Liberty
B. The British responded by making the Intolerable Acts of 1774 which closed the Boston ports and destroyed the Massachusettes gov, granting a monopoly on the sale of tea to the British East India Company -
Intolerable Acts
a. These acts were passed as a result of the Boston Tea Party.
b. The colonies were pressed with greater taxes without any representation in Britain. -
First Continental Congress
A. George Washington, Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, John Adams, Samuel Adams
B. Declarating of Rights
C. Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia -
FIrst Continental Congress
Until 26 Oct 1774
a. Payton Randolf and Henry Middleton (Presidents of the congress) Charles Thomas (Secretary), George Washington, John Adams, John Dickinson, Patrick Henry and more.
b. Suffolk Resolves approved, Continental Association Formed, publishing of American Rigths.
c. Carpenter's Hall Philadelphia, PA. -
Lexington and Concord
a. The Revolutionary War began as a result of these colficts.
b. Major generals include Colonel Smith, Major Pitcairne, Lord Percy, William Dawes, Barrett, Buttrick, and Robinson.
c. Paul Revere is the man who alerted the colonists that the Red Coats, the British, were coming and preparing for battle. -
Second Continental Congress
a. Again in Philadelphia, PA.
b. The meeting called for the creation of a Continental Army as well as seeking independence from Britian.
c. George Washington, John Adams, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and many others. -
Declaration of Independence
This video explains the significance of Independance Day and how the Declaration came about. a. Written by five men, Thomas Jefferson mostly, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robery Livingston.
b. Three parts of the Declaration are the preamble, the body and the conclusion. -
Articles of Confederation
Articles a.Under the Articles, John Hanson became the first President.
b. The successes of the Articles, waged a war on the British, treaty with France was signed, government decleared an end of the American Revolution and established the 13 colonies as 13 states. Weaknesses of the Articles include the government did not have the power to make the states obey the laws, no power to tax, no national army. -
Treaty of Paris
a. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Henry Laurens.
b. Florida north to the Great Lakes and the Atlantic coast west to the Mississippi River.
c. Declaration of Independence -
Start of Constitutional Convention
a. In Annapolis is was established that problems could not be dealt with withouth changes to the Articles and ultimately called for a Constitutional Convention.
b. Main purpose was to adress the problems with governing the States. There was a need for a new government system.
