U.S Constitiution

  • Magna Carta
    Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    "great charter of liberty"
    Peace making document and foundation of freedom
  • Period: Dec 11, 1215 to

    Magna Carta

    "great charter of liberty"
    Peace making document and foundation of freedom
  • Parliament Begins
    Jan 10, 1295

    Parliament Begins

    Establishment of 3 Branches of government
  • House of Burgesses

    House of Burgesses

    Colonist self governed when moved they moved away from the king
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

    Pilgrims signed the Mayflower to create a democracy
  • Glorious Revolution

    Glorious Revolution

    -Constitutional Monarchy
    -Saw the official overthrow of Absolute Monarchy
  • English Bill Of Rights

    English Bill Of Rights

    -Act of the Parliament of England
    -That the rights of citizens are stated
  • Common Law

    Common Law

    -Describes the body of legal principles and concepts
    -Moulded the area and restrictions on freedom in England
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    -An act of the British Parliament that exacted revenue from the American colonies
    - It raised England money
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Were lawas that were really punishments that King George III put on the colonies
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    -Brought together representatives from each of the colonies
    -First concerted effort of American colonies to unite under a common cause
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    -Adopted the Declaration
    -It acted as the government for the colonies during the war
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    First constitution of the U.S passed by congress
  • Shays Rebellion

    Shays Rebellion

    -Armed insurrection by farmers in W. Mass
    -Paved the path to the Constitution
  • Constitutional Convection

    Constitutional Convection

    Created the document that has given the U.S one of the most stable and constitutional democracies in the history
  • Great Compromise

    Great Compromise

    Was an agreement made among the delegates to the constitutional convection that the American government would have 2 houses in congress
  • Federalist Papers

    Federalist Papers

    -A series of 15 articles or essays
    -Outlined the form of government preferred by the Federalist
  • Constitution Ratified

    Constitution Ratified

    The states and dates for the ratification of amendments to the U.S Constitution
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights

    Constitutes the 1st to amendments of the U.S Constitution