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Period: Jan 30, 1200 to
The Magna Carta
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Jun 15, 1215
The Magna Carta
The Magna Carta, meaning The Great Charter, established for the first time the principle that everybody, including the king, was subject to the law -
Petition of Right
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 Boston Tea Party
A political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. They destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company, in defiance of the Tea Act -
First Continental Congress
It was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It was called in response to "The passage of the Coercive Acts" (also known as Intolerable Acts by the Colonial Americans) by the British Parliament. -
Declaration of Independence
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, -
Philadelphia Convention
Congress called a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation into a more powerful document. Each state appointed delegates to attend a meeting in Philadelphia to develop a more effective and unified constitution. In total, 55 delegates from 12 states were present when the Philadelphia Convention -
New Jersey Plan
The New Jersey Plan (also widely known as the Small State Plan or the Paterson Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention
