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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Magna Carta Libertatum, commonly called Magna Carta, is a charter agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June -
English Bill of Rights
Was a British law that was passed in 1689, an act of the parliament of England that deals with constitutional matters and sets out basic civil rights. passed on December 16th 1689 -
John Locke
An English philosopher that maintained that people have natural rights to life, and property. This man had strong beliefs that everyone should have their own rights not only to life but also to own their own property. -
Sugar Act
The sugar act did three different things such as the duty on foreigen-made molasses in the hopes that colonists would pay a lower tax rather than risk arrest by smuggling. It placed duties on certain imports that have not been taxed on before. Colonial merchants complained that the sugar act would reduce their profits. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act passed in 1765 this act imposed a tax on documents and printed items such as New Papers, Wills, and playing cards.
Samuel Adams- is one of the founders of the sons of Liberty, the colonists again boycotted British goods. -
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 shot and killed people while under attack by a mob. -
Boston Tea Party
Was a political protest by the sons of Liberty in Boston Massachusetts on December 16, 1773 the Boston tea party dumped 18000 pounds of the East India Company tea into the waters of Boston harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
A harsh law that was passed by the British parliament in 1774, this law was meant to punish the american colonists for the Boston tea party and other protests. In September 1774, over 56 delegates met in Philadelphia and drew up a declaration of colonial rights. -
Second Continental Congress
In may of 1775 they have a second continental congress meeting that was about the militia were they recognized the Continental Army and appointed George Washington as the commander. -
Lexington and Concord
The Lexington and Concord battle had happened on April 18, 1775 many troops were getting prepared to start a war Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott rode out to spread word that 700 British troops were headed to concord. The Kings troops such as the “redcoats” were 5 miles short of Concord, it was a cold windy dawn of April 19. The first war had lasted only 15 minutes. The British and Boston ended up meeting once again to go to war again between 3 and 4 thousand men went. -
Battle of Bunker Hil
On June 17, 1775 Gage sent his men up the hill to war they held fire until the last minute then began to mow down the redcoats the colonists lost over 450 men. -
Common sence
Was were they declared the declaration of Independence. -
Declaration of Independence
Independence that stated that all men are created equal which meant everyone had their own rights, and was when they free them selves from Britain witch was on July 4th.
