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The Magna Carta was a document that limited the power of the monarch. It gave guarentees to the people that they would get trial by jury and due process.
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The Mayflower compact was signed by the members of the Mayflower to pledge their allegiance to their country and King. They also pledged their obediance to laws that would be put in place after they landed and formed a colony.
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This document prohibited the King from infringing on certain liberties. Those liberties were: martial law can't be declared during peace, taxes can only be levied by parliament, and prisoners have to go against their detentions.
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A restatement of the Declaration of Right in statutory form. It limits the powers and gave more freedom.
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Proposed that the colonies would have a smaller government that would report to the king and still ultimately be ruled by the king.
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This act of parliament required every colonist to pay taxes on every single piece of paper they owned, bought or used.
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The Stamp Act Congress got together to discuss and go against parliament relating to the stamp act.
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The Boston Tea was a rebellion of the colonists against the Kings Tea Act
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The intolerable Acts were put in place after altercations in the colonies such as the boston tea party and boston massacre
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A convention of colonial delegates to deal with the intolerable acts.
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This declaration ssaid that a committee be formed to state the rights of the colonies, state the violations, and state the means to fix them.
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Managed and dicussed the Colonial war effort
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This declaration of the colonists declared their independence from parliament.
