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Jun 16, 1216
THE MAGNA CARTA
In 1166 to 1216 king John of England was forced to sign the magna carta. The magna carta allowed the people to make sure the king didnt take their property, people cannot be tax unless the council of men agreed, people could not put trial without witnesses and they can only be punished by jury from peers. -
mayflower compact
the purpose of this document was to establish a new king and to establish freedom of religon -
Petition of rights
The petition exhibited to his majesty by the lords spiritual and temporaral,and commons, in this present parliament assembled, concerning divers rights and liberties of the subjects, with the king's majesty's royal answer thereunto in full parliament. this petition was signed by Charles the 1st. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights was a restatement in Statutory form od the Declaration of rights presented by the convention parliment to William and Mary in March 1689 inviting them to to become joint sovereigns of England. -
Albany plan of union
The albany plan of union is a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. the plan was adopted on July 10, 1754 by representitives from seven of the British North American colonies. although never carried out, it was the first important plan to conceive the colonies as a collective whole united under one government. -
king george the third
the relationship changed because england was in debt and king george the third made the colonist pay -
french and Indian war
The french and Indian War was a battle between the colonies of British america and new France, The major people in the war was Edward Braddock, george Washington and James Wolfe, On the surface the British won onbulk more than skill, the French and indians had more clever strategies even though the British outnumbered them.Some of the battles include the battle of Quebec, the battle of lake George, battle of Loisburg. The relationship chanrd because the British helped the Americans in the war. -
boston tea party
the sons of liberty was the group that organized this event. the british responded by shutting down the boston harbor also creating the intoerable acts in the event of these two things the MA goverment failed. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed in 1775, and required all people to pay taxes for all pieces of paper that was printed. Some of the items that were passed were lisences, legal documents, a ship's papers, and playing cards. The colonists reacted by boycotting it. But sometimes the would compromise by giving the buyer a stamp without paying the tax, then the buyer would pay the person to stamp it. -
boston massacre
several colonist were killed in the boston massacre. the townshed acts were being enforced that led to this trategey -
Intolerable acts
The british passed these acts because they were upset about the Boston tea party. The british closed all of Boston's ports until the colonist's payed for the tea they destroyed, they restricted colonists to have government/committees/town meetings, they allowed themselves to house troops, whenever, whereever, in the colonist's homes, they let british accused stand in trial in britian, instead of the colonies, and make Tomas Gage be the governor of the colonies. -
first contential congres
the major people were john adam samuel adams george washigton and patrick henry. they established a quorum. this metting took place in carpenter hall in philadelphia -
lexington and concord
the result was that two hundred seventy four british troops died and only nintey four colonist die and the revolutinary war began. the british general was colonial francis smith and for the colonist there were two generals they were john parker (lexington) and james barret of (concord). paul revere was to only warn concord that the british were coming -
second contential congress
the second contiental congress took place in philadelphia. one of the ideas were independence. the colonial leaders were george washigton and benjerman franklin. -
the decoloration of independence
this gave us freedom of religeon and other rights after we broke away from england. -
Start of Constitutional convention
The constitutional convention was a gathering for the purpose of writing a new Constitution or revise an existing Constitution. -
articles of confedration
the first person under the articles is john hanson
