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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta/ Great Charter
King John was forced to sign this.
It listed the rights that not even the monarch could take away. -
Mercantilism
A theory that the wealth of a nation depends on it's possession of precious metals. -
Jamestown Colony (established)
Was the first perminant English colony.
214 settlers arrived to establish this colony. -
House of Burgess (est.)
This was the first representive government group in the American colonies.
The house met for the first time in Jamestown. -
Mayflower Compact
This was a document signed by forty-one pilgrims.
They agreed to form a government and be bound by it's laws.
The document became the basis of government in the Plymouth colony. -
Plymouth Colony (established)
This was the second perminant English colony.
125 settlers were sent to establish this colony. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Listed the basic laws of the Connecticut Colony. -
Culpeper's Rebellion
England put a new tax on tobacco.
Many North Carolinians, led by John Culpeper,forced the governer from office and established their own government. -
Glorious Revolution
It was also called the Bloodless Revolution.
King James II was deposed by the Parliament.
He was replaced with William III and Mary II. -
English Bill of Rights
This grew from the Glorious Revolution.
Parliament proposed a Declaration of Rights.
They then added several clauses to it and called the amended bill the English Bill of Rights. -
Salem Witch Trials
19 people were convicted of witchcraft and hung at Gallows Hill. -
First Great Awakening
A Christian revitalization movement that took place in the American colonies. -
Albany Plan of Union
This was a plan to place all of the British North American colonies under a centralized government. -
French and Indian War
Was also called the seven years war.
This involved England, France, the colonies, and Indians.
The size of the colonies boubles because the British won. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Numerous tribes formed an uprising to drive the British soldiers out of the region. -
Proclamation Line of 1763
This set a boundary line that the colonists were not allowed to cross.
It separated the colonists from the Indians and the French. -
Sugar/Revenue Act of 1764
This was the first tax imposed on the American colonists.
It granted certain duties to the British colonies and plantations. -
Sons of Liberty
Were formed to protect any kind of taxation without representation.
They dumped the tea into Boston Harbor. -
Stamp Act
This was imposed on all American colonists.
It was a tax on every piece of printed paper.
Ex: newspaper,playing cards, dice -
Virginia Resolves
This was a series of resolutions passed by the Virginia General Assembly in response to the Stamp Act.
They said the people couldn't be taxed by representatives they didn't elect themselves. -
Townsend Act
This placed a tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
This was a riot between citizens and soldiers.
The colonists threw rocks, sticks, and snowballs at the British soldiers.
The soldiers shot into the crowd and killed three and wounded eight more. -
Gaspee Incident
The Gaspee was a British Royal Navy ship.
It was boarded by John Brown and a group of men.
They wounded the ship's lieutenant and set the ship on fire. -
Committees of Correspondence
Was organized to pass news from colony to colony about how England was violating colonists' rights. -
Tea Act
The British sent tea from the East Indian Company to the colonists.
The colonists refused to unload the tea and pay the higher price.
They saw it as "taxation without representation." -
Boston Tea Party
A group of men called "The Sons of Liberty" dressed as Mohawk Indians and went to Boston Harbor.
They boarded three ships and dumped forty-five tons of tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
They consisted of the Impartial Administration of Justice Act, the Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act, the Boston Port Act, the Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act.
These stirred up the revolution. -
First Continental Congress
The meeting place was Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia.
All colonies sent delegates except Georgia.
They decided to cut trade with England. -
Edenton Tea Party
North Carolina women met and promised to not drink English tea or wear English clothes. -
Second Continental Congress
The delegates decided to creat a continental army.
They also authorized the printing of money. -
Mecklenburg Resolves
This declared royal authority invalid.
It also created provisions for managing county government and dealing with disputes. -
Halifax Resolves
This recommended that all colonies declare themselves independent of Great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
This declared the colonist's freedom from Britain.
It was wrote and approved in the Pennsylvania State House. -
Articles of Confederation
An agreement among the thirteen founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as it's first constitution. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
Britain recognized the independent nation of the United States of America.
Britain agreed to remove all troops from the new nation. -
Land Ordinance of 1785
This allowed sales of land and set up standards for land sell. -
Shay's Rebellion
This rebellion started over financial difficulties.
Over one thousand Shaysites were arrested and five were killed. -
Federalists/ Anti-Federalists Papers
Federalists wrote essays to Anti-Federalists that were Pro-Constitution. -
Constitutional Convention
The meeting place was the State House in Philadelphia.
Fifty-five delegates from different states met to frame a Constitution. -
Land Ordinance of 1787
This created the Northwest Territory.
It was established so that America would expand westward. -
Whiskey Rebellion
This was a rebellion on the tax of whiskey.
Farmers who sold their grain as whiskey strongly resented the tax.
The tax was soon repealed.
