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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
An English legal charter that required King John of England to respect some legal procedures and acknowledge certain human rights. It was intended to cause the royals to share power with nobility of England. -
Settlement of Jamestown
Jamestown was named after King James the first of England. Jamestown town was a successful colony after several failed ones. People went there seeking religious freedom. -
Mayflower Compact Written
The purpose of the compact was to combine the pilgrams into a “civil body politic,” “for the Glory of God, and advancements of the Christian faith and honor of their King and Country…and in the presence of God, and one another.” -
Petition of Right
Petition of Right was based upon earlier statutes and charters and asserted four principles: no taxes may be levied without consent of Parliament; no subject may be imprisoned without cause shown; no soldiers may be quartered upon the citizenry; martial law may not be used in time of peace. -
English Bill of Rights
A restatement in statutory from the declaration of right presented by the parliament to William and Mary inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England. -
Albany Plan of Union
Delegates from northern coloines and representatives from 6 Iroquoia nations met in Albany New York. They adopted a plan of union by Benjamin Franklin which would elect delegates to an American continental assembly presided. -
Stamp Act
A direct tax imposed specifically on the colonies of America that required printed materials to be produced on stamped paper produced in London. -
Boston Massacre
British army soldiers killed 5 civilian men. -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest against the tax policy of the British government. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were laws that were really punishments that King George the third put on the coloines. He did this to the coloines as punishment for dumping all the tea into the harbor at the Boston Tea Party. The different acts were The Boston Port Bill, The Quartering Act, The Administration of Justice Act, Massachusetts Goverment Act, and the Quebec Act. -
The First Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from colonies that met in Philadelphia in response to the coercive acts. -
American Revolution Begins
During the American Revolution, American forces were constantly hampered by a lack of resources, but managed to win critical victories which led to an alliance with France. Following the American victory at Yorktown, fighting effectively ended and the war was concluded with the Treaty of Paris in 1783. -
Second Continental Congree
A convention of delegates from the 13 Colonies that started meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary Wad had begun. -
Declaration of Independance
Announced that the 13 American Colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire, John Adams had put forth a resolution earlier in the year, making a subsequent formal declaration inevitable. -
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.[ -
Constitutional Convention
See Philadelphia Convention. -
Shay's Rebellion
A revolt led by Daniel Shay that began in Massachusetts. The significance of the rebellion was that it tested institutions of the fledging United States, which had just won the Revolutionary War. -
Connecticut Compromise
Set up the House and senate. House set up on state population and Senate set up equal for all states. -
Philadelphia Convention
Addressed opperating problems under the articles of Confederation.
