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Magna Carta

Jun 15, 1215

1. Barons force King John to sign the Magna Carta. 2.Included guarantees to protect them from arbitrary acts of the King.
2. Limited the power of monarchy

Mayflower Compact

Nov 11, 1620

1. Agreement between settlers at New Plymouth
2. First governing document of Plymouth, written by separists, freeing from religous persecution. Promised to, in the presence of God, to combine into a civil body for the bettering of the colony.
3. Road to revolution and freedom of England.

Petition of Right

Jun 7, 1628

1. Major English constitutional document that set out specific liberties.
2. Passed in 1628, the petition containes restrictions on non-Parliamentary taxation, forced billeting of soldiers, imprisonment without cause, and restricts the use of martial law.
3. Pushed limited government of Britiain

English Bill of Rights

Dec 16, 1689

1. Act of the Parliament of England
2. Restatement of the Declaration of Right, presented by the Convention Parlimentary to William and Mary, inviting them to become joint sovereigns to England. Laid out all rights for people at the time.
3. Gave more power to the Parliament.

Albany Plan of Union

Jun 1, 1754

1. Proposal of a unified government for the 13 colonies
2. After England was was left dominant power of the U.S, the strain of war was fixed by this Union. The Plan represented one of multiple early attempts to form a union of the colonies "under one government as far as might be necessary for defense and other general important purposes."
3. Movement towards the start of America, or road to revolution.

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

1. Legislation that required tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents,
2. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
3. Led to the idea of a more powerful government,

Stamp Act Congress

Oct 7, 1765

1. Meeting held between October 7 -35th, 1765, consisiting of represenatives of british colonies in North America.
2. first gathering of elected representatives from several of the American colonies to devise a unified protest against new British taxation
3. need of Ordered Government

Declaration of Rights and Grievances

Oct 19, 1765

1. Document written by the Stamp Act Congress
2. Declared that taxes imposed on british colonists without formal consent are unconstitutional.
3. Gave limited power to Congress,

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

1. Political protest by the Sons of LIberty.
2. Disguised as American Indians, the demonstrators destroyed the entire supply of tea sent by the East India Company in defiance of the American boycott of tea carrying a tax the Americans had not authorized. 3, The road to Revolution until Parliament responded in 1774

Intolerable Acts

Sep 1, 1774

1. Britian taking advantage of the Colonies
2. the French and Indian War the British Government decided to reap greater benefits from the colonies. The colonies were pressed with greater taxes without any representation in Britain.
3. Showed for Ordered Government

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

1, Convention of delegats from 12 colonies in response of the Intolerable Acts,
2. Elected by the people, colonies presented they were united in a determination to show authority to Great Britain.
3. Act on the Road to Revolution.

Second Continental Congress

May 10, 1775

1. Convention of delegates from the 13 colonies
2. Managed colonial war effortm ad moved towards independence, Which led to the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
3. Led to the national government which is now in the our country,

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

1. Declaration of the 13 states of America
2. States all men are created equal and presented unalienable rights. Regarded ourselves as no longer part of the British Empire, Formed the Union of the new nation.
3. Gave more power the Government.