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May 6, 1215
Magna Carta
The magna carta is a document the King John was forced to sign. He was forced to sign it because it reduced the power he held as the king of England and allowed for the formation of a powerful parliment. -
Jan 1, 1300
Bicameral Parliment
Based on two legislative chambers or branches -
Glorious revolution
the revolution against James II there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England although battles were fought in Scotland and Ireland -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights is an English precursor of the Constitution, along with the Magna Carta and the Petition of Right -
Boston Tea Party Protesting
Boston Party Party took place when a group of Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea importation recently granted by Parliament to the East India Company, seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor.Because Britain ruled so harshly and abused the colonists, when they were free they made a very weak government to be sure it would not be too strong and also abuse them. -
Declaration of Independence
the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument -
Change in Articles of Confederation
no execucitve branch
no president
13/13 states had to aprrove to change articles
The Articles were very weak because
1. there was no President,
2. no court system
3. they could not draft and army
4. it was very hard to pass laws. -
Shays Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion, the post-Revolutionary clash between New England farmers and merchants that tested the precarious institutions of the new republic, threatened to plunge the "disunited states" into a civil war. -
Constitutional convention
They were planning on fixing the constitution but they ended up jsut writing a new one. -
The Great compromise
The great compromuise is when they combing the Virginia plan and the New Jersey Plan. -
America Divided: federalistes and anti- federalists
Anti-federalists not want an army in peace times, wanted a bill of rights, and wanted the states to have more power. -
United startes Constitution is ratified
They needed more power to keep the country under control with the check and balance system so they passed this constiution.
