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Timeline
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Magna Carta is a charter issued by King John of England at Runnymede. This document gave a monarch his power
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The Petition of Right is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. The Petition contains restrictions on non-Parliamentary taxation, forced billeting of soldiers, imprisonment without cause, and the use of martial law.
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The English Bill of Rights is an English precursor of the Constitution, along with the Magna Carta and the Petition of Right. The English Bill of Rights limited the power of the English sovereign, and was written as an act of Parliament.
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A proposal to create a united government. This idea was proposed by Benjamin Franklin.
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English troops were stationed in america. These troops killed civilians becuase rioters were throwing rocks at the guards.
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A group of colonists protest thirteen years of increasing British oppression, by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor. In retaliation, the British close the port, and inflict even harsher penalties.
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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.
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The Second Continental Congress met in the summer for the first time. They adopted the Modern Constitution of America.
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This document was signed by every member of congress at the time it was proposed. It was a direct result from the revolutionary war that freed the states from Great Britain.
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The first constitution of the United States. This document served as a constitution untill the official constitution was signed later on.
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Shays ' Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place in Massachusetts. This event altered the course of america in history. It was an unsucessful attempt of overthrowing the military and sezing weapons.
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The Virginia Plan was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
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These delegates were professional men, with over half of them lawyers, and as such they carried an aura of wealth and power. They met to revise the Articles of Confederation.
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Under the New Jersey Plan, the unicameral legislature with one vote per state was inherited from the Articles of Confederation. This position reflected the belief that the states were independent entities and, as they entered the United States of America freely and individually, remained so.
