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Jun 10, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was a starting document for the ideas of limited government, which made it extremely significant. This document limited the powers of the Royal Family of Britain to not be allowed to over-pass the written law of the land. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the occurrence in which the Pilgrims of the Mayflower landed in "Plymoth" as they would name it, without a charter for land, and they were out of Virginian jurisdiction. There, they decided to govern themselves, which was key to the idea of limited government. Despite of their migration from a home country, they became their own society. -
Petition of Right
The Petition of Right was one of many documents that led to the American Revolution, written to express the ideals of America, directed towards the King of England. This was key to the idea of limited government and the road to revolution. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights was one document that the British citizens brought forth to the King. This document gave the homeland citizens the rights they had desired. The rights limited the Royal Family from many things (notably, the disallowance of cruel or unusual punishment), therein key to the limited government idea. -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a failed intention for a rebuttle to the acts that had been put in place, prior to the First Continental Congress. However, the meeting was a failure due to four missing colonial delegates, especially the one from Virginia, which was the VIP for the meeting. Despite this, it remained important and was key to the road to revolution and the idea of limited government. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was the first direct tax on the American colonies. There was a conference to discuss what to do in reaction, and various boycotts occured. This was key to the idea of limited government and the road to revolution. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting due to the publishing of the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act Congress was the conference in which the American colonies determined their course of action in response to the acts that they deemed unfair. The event was key to limited government ideas and the road to revolution. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was significant as rebellion against Britain, its imperical power. It was key to the idea of limited government and the road to revolution. -
Coercive-Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts, originally the Coercive Acts (published by Britain), were a group of acts that restricted and punished the American colonies, and were key to the road to revolution. Without infuriating the American colonies, the American Revolution may have not really been provoked. These acts were also key to the limited government idea. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
The Declaration of Rights and Grievances outlined, overall, the delegates of the First Continental Congress' ideas for actions to take against the British, after the country had submitted the Coercive Acts towards American colonies, outraging American colonists. This was large, as the first successful meeting between the colonies, which would lead to the road of revolution and was result of the idea of limited government. -
First Continental Congress
Convention of delegates from twelve of the north american colonies (excluding Georgia) to conceive a plan for a reaction towards the Coercive/Intolerable Acts, that was successful. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress followed the first, wherein the thirteen colonies decided on reactions to the Boston Massacre, and the Continental Army was formulated. This was in preparation for the road to revolution that was inevitable, and was result from the ideas of limited government, and was, thus, key to both. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was significant in that it was the dissolvement of the American colonies from their imperical power, Great Britain. This was key to the idea of limited government and the road to revolution.
