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May 6, 1215
magna carta
document created to level out the kings power so him and his nobles could have power too -
Period: May 6, 1215 to
timeline
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Jan 1, 1300
bicameral parliament
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glorious revolution
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland and James II of Ireland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau. -
english bill of rights
The Bill of Rights or the Bill of Rights 1688 is an Act of the Parliament of England passed on 16 December 1689. It was a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary in March -
boston tea party
when the british were taxing the colonies too high the people were going against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. -
U.S.A declares fredom from great britan
after the war on july 4 , 1776 the U.S became free from british rule -
articles of confederation
The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution -
shays rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and one of the rebel leaders. -
consitutional convention
The Constitutional Convention (also known as the Philadelphia Convention, the Federal Convention, or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia) took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain -
america divided : fedralists and anti-fedralists
the fedralist like it because the articles were too weak, anti fedralists think the opposite that the constitution is too strong -
the constitution is ratified (accepted)
after months of deliberation the constitution is finally accepted
