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Jan 30, 1215
Magna Carta
The Chrater of The English liberties granted King John under the threat of Civil War -
Jamestown
Capital of Virgina and remained so until 1698 -
Plymouth Colony
established primarliy freedom and secondary for profit -
Glorious Revolution
resulted the desposition of James II -
Salem Witch Trials
19 men and women were convicted of witchcraft and escorted to Gallows Hill for hanging -
Albany Plan Of Union
aimed out a formation of the colonies under one single government and direction -
Proclamation Line 1763
closed land north and west of the Appliclachin Mountains to Settlement -
Sugar Act of 1764
enforced the collection taxes on various goods including sugar to help raise revenue to pay off off the British national debt which grew substanceally as a result of the French & Indian War -
Stamp Act
This new tax was imposed on all American colonists to pay atax on every printed paper they used. -
Townshend Act
An act for granting certain duties in the British Colonies -
Boston Massacure
Occured between a patriot mob and a squad of British soilders. -
Boston Tea Party
Sons Of Liberty boarded ships and dumped U.S. tons of tea into boston Harbor -
Intolerable Acts
Created to spend money on things such as Boston Massecure -
Tea Act
Intened to raise the East India Company which was floundering finacially -
First Contentinal Congress
Created to defend the rights of the colonies -
Second Contenential Congress
manged the colonial war effort and adopting U.S. Declaration of Independence -
Articles of Confederation
it was agreement among the legally established -
Treaty Of Paris 1783
Ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britian -
Shay's Rebellion
stared over finacial difficultes -
Constitutional Covention
Took place to address problems in governing the U.S.A
