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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
John of England signed the Magna Carta. THe Magna Carta was signed in a meadow at Runnymede in Surrey, South England. It gave men basics legal rights such as trial by jury, a punishment fitting and not excessive to the crime, and no taxation without representation. It limited the power of the monarch. Another name for the Magna Carta is also referred as the “Great Charter”The barons renewed the Oath of Fealty to King John on June 15, 1215 -
Mayflower Compact
The purpose of the Mayflower compact was a promise to write a constitution within 5 years. It also prevented dissent among Puritans and non-separatist Pilgrims who had landed in Plymouth a few days earlier. It was to establish freedom of religion. It established a new king. It proclaimed allegiance to the king. The Mayflower Compact was signed by 41 English colonists on the ship “Mayflower”The Mayflower (ship) landed at Plymouth in November 1620. -
Petition of Rights
The Petition of Right is a constitutional document that declares the specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. -
English Bill of RIghts
King William III and Queen Mary signed the English Bill of Rights. The monarch no longer had powers to override, change, or suspend laws. The bill also gave protect in many ways, they used to be dealt harshly by Roman Catholic institutions. The law requirement for a Parliament was freely elected, which provided free speech inside the parliament. No taxes should be levied, without the authority of the No armies should be raised in peacetime. -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was suggested by Benjamin Franklin. It did not actually happen , it was just an attempt at forming a union of colonies. “Join or Die” was associated with this meeting. Benjamin Franklin created the cartoon.It formed a committee that was tasked to cautiously think about different plans and proposals. Members of that committee included Benjamin Chew, Isaac Norris and Richard Peters. -
French and Indian War
he major people involved on the British side were Earl of Loundoun, Major General Edward Braddock, Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie, William Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel George Munro, William Pitt, Captain Robert Rogers, George Washington, and James Wolfe. The major people involved on the French side were Louis Joseph de Montcalm and Marquis de Vaudreuil. The major battles were the Battle of: Quebec, Montreal, Fort Niagara, Ticonderoga, and River Monongahela. The British won the war. France -
King George III takes power
King George III and the Parliament decided the colonies should pay for the part of debt they had on them selves from the French and Indian war. The colonists were angry with the new taxes, but had to accept them. The Proclamation of 1763 angered the colonists also.King George III was the king of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760-1820. King George III refused to accept that America was lost, even after the defeat at Yorktown. -
Boston Massacre
5 people died. 6 were injured. The stamp act and Townshend Acts led to the Boston Massacre. The soldiers became arranged after they were hit by a snow ball and they fired into the crowd.The soldiers were commanded not to fire into the crowd. -
Boston Massacre Link
http://www.bostonmassacre.net/ This website contains all the information behind the Boston Massacre from the morning of to the evening. This websites has information about the trial after the massacre and the people involved in it. -
Articles of Confederation
The original constitution of the U.S. ratified in 1781
John Hanson would be the first president under the articles. -
Boston Tea Party Website Link
http://www.boston-tea-party.org/ This website explains everything that occured the day of the Boston Tea Party. This website contains pictures, description, documents, and a case study from The Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
The Tea Party organized the Boston Tea Party. The British responded to the Boston Tea Party by making the Intolerable Acts which closed the Boston Ports and destroyed the Massachusetts government. The attackers disguised them selves as Mohawk Indians.The British East India Company was suffering from a ton of debt after this incident. -
Intolerable Act
In result of the Boston Tea Party the Intolerable Acts were written and passed by Britian.The first of the acts passed closed the port of Boston until the East India Company had been repaid for the destroyed tea. The second of the acts altered the government of Massachusetts to bring it under control of the British government. The thrid of the acts allowed the governor to move trials of accused royal officials to another colony. The Quartering Act allowed soldiers to be housed in any home. -
First Continental Congress
Peyton Randolph, Henry Middleton, Charles Thomson were the major people involved. Nothing major was solved, in which they had to call for another meeting dealing with the Intolerable acts. It took place at the Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. The plan was considered very good to most of the members, because it proposed a popularly elect Grand Council. -
Lexington and Concord
British troops marched from Boston to Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere sounded the alarm, and colonial militiamen began gathering troops to intercept the Redcoat column.The major generals for the American colonists were John Parker (Lexington) and
James Barrett (Concord). The major generals for the British were Lt. Colonel Francis Smith and Major John Pitcairn -
Second Continental Congress
The second Continental Congress met at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
In the Second Continental Congress the colonists decided to break away from Great Britain
The Colonial Leaders involved were Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Hancock -
Stamp Act
The British Taxed all paper documents in the colonies in result of the French and Indian war. In result of the Stamp Act the colonist rose in armed rebellion against the British. -
Declaration of Independence Video
<a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb7MI8NQLoo' >This video explains the Declaration of Independence and how significant it is to the American Government. The video also goes through the history behind the decerlation and what led up to the document being created. The video talks about how this gave American colonists their rights back from the British Government. -
Declaration of Independence
One of the most important documents in U.S. history recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress stating the freedom of the Colonies from Great Britain -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 ended the U.S. Revolutionary War and granted the thirteen colonies political independence. John Jay represented the U.S. in the signing the document. The treaty also extended the borders of the new nation west to the Mississippi River and south to Spanish Florida. -
Start of Constitutional Convention
-The Annapolis Convention was an Assembly of the Counties of Maryland that functioned as the colony's government
- The purpose of the Annapolis Convention was a meeting of 12 delegates from five states who wanted to make changes to the Articles of Confederation
