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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
A. It was signed by King John in a meadow at Runnymade in Egham.
B. There are four rights that, he granted people
1. They could not tax poeple unless a council of men agreed
2. People could not be put on trial without witnesses
3. They could not be punished only by a jury. -
Mayflower Compact
A. To combine themselves into a civil body politic, for the glory of God, and for the advancements of Christian faith, also to honor their King and Country -
Petition Of Rights
A: No taxes may be levied without consent of Parliament, no subject may be imprisoned without a cause, no soldiers may be quartered upon the citizenry, martial law may not be used in time of peace.
B: King Charles I -
English Bill of Rights
A. Signed into law, by King William in 1689
B. Freedom form royal interference with the law freedom to petition the Monarch Freedom from taxation. Perogrative Freedom from standing army during times of Peace Freedom for Protestants to bear. -
Albany Plan
A. Was adopted by seven of the British North American colonies.
B. No the plan was never actually carried out.
C. The Snake cut into a punch of pieces with the abreviations of the colonies. Also at the bottom it says 'Join, or Die.' -
French and Indian War
A. There are three major group of that fought in north america , there are Great Britin,France,Native American.
B. Battle of Fort Oswego, Battle of Fort Niagara , Battle of thousand islands.
C. The Britian ultimately the France and American indians but the war was so great that american colonist pay for it .
D.There fight over taxation ultimately led to the War of Independence. -
King George III takes power
A. King George encroaches on a independence of the colonies through taxation without representation. -
Stamp Act
A: Every piece of printed paper, ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed
B: Resistance to the act was demonstrated through debates in the colonial legislatures, written documents, and mobs -
Boston Massacre
http://www.bostonmassacre.net/academic/essay2.htm
A. 5 colonists died in all
B. 1. Growing Mistrust of the British soldiers and Americans.
2. The revolt of the Townshend Acts - caused tension between the British and Americans.
3. The removal of two out of four regiments - meant there was inadequate amounts of soldiers to keep the peace. -
Boston Tea Party
A. Sons of Liberty
B. Ships were surrounded by British Armed ships, 3000 British soldiers were sent to Boston, and also all of Boston's ports were closed and only allowed Military ships to enter. -
Intolerable Acts
A. the casue of the britsh to pass the acts was the Boston Tea Party.
B.1. The British closed all of Boston's Ports until the colonist's payed for the tea they destroyed during the Boston Tea Party. 2.British allowed them selves to house troops where ever, when ever, in the colonist's homes.They let British officials accused of crimes stand trial in Britain, instead of the colonies. -
First Continental Congress
A. Peyton Randolph ,Henry Middleton,Charles Thomson
B.They decided to meet back at a later date if their demands were not met, and they had a second one so there weren't any results.
C.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Lexington and Concord
A: There were a few casualties for the Colonists that the British sent to North Bridge in Concord where there was a skirmish with casualties on both sides. On the march back to Boston, the British got battered by colonists joining the fight from the surrounding Massachusetts towns and suffered pretty high casualties
B: Colonel Smith, Major Pitcairne and Lord Percy commanded the British Troops. While Paul Revere and William Dawes rode to warn the villages.
C: Rode to town to warn the people -
Second Continental Congress
A: Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia
B: Managed the colonial war effort, and moved towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence
C: Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, also many of the same 56 delegates who attended the first meeting. -
Decleration of Independence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb7MI8NQLoo
Announced that the 13 American colonies regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire -
Articles of Confederation
A: John Hanson -
Start of the Constitutional Convention
