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A document of written promises. Sealed under oath by King John.
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The first permanent English settlement in America.
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The first governing document of Plymouth Colony.
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Restatement of the Deleration of Right.
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An act passed in the UK to create a new tax on publishers. Newpapers were subjected to tax and and price were increased.
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A plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. Although it was never carried out, it was the first important plan to conceive a united whole under one government.
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Between the years of 1765-1783 the Thriteen Colonies broke away from the British Empire and formed an independent nation - United States of America.
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When British Army soldiers killed 5 male civilians and injured 6 others.
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A political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. They dressed up as American Indians destroyed an entire shipment of tea, in defiance of the Tea Act.
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A covention that met in September of 1774. They discussed the passage of the Coercive Acts.
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The American Patriots' name for a series laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. These laws were meant to punish the MA colonists for throwing tea into the Boston harbor.
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Discussed taking charge of the American Revolutionary War effort.
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Announced that the thirteen colonies regarded themselves no longer a part of the British Empire. They formed a new nation - United States of America.
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The first constitution of the United States. This eventually led to the United States Constitution in 1789
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Series of attacks on courthouses by a band of farmers. This was to block foreclosure proceedings.
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Discussed problems in governing the USA. Which at this time had been operating under the Articles of Conferderation.
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Method of amending state constitution in which voters may approve the calling of a convention of state citizens to propose amendments to the state constitution.
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Established two houses of congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from doing.
