US Government Timeline

By F4talbro
  • Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta is passed

    Garrented english political liberties.

  • First colony is established at Jamestown

    people settled at Jamestown a popular place/fort

  • English bill of rights

    said what a ruler could or couldnt do.

  • French & Indian war

    British defeat french

  • Stamp Act is passed

    gave colonies power to tax

  • Stamp Act Congress meets

    People met to talk about it and vote for general

  • Boston Tea party

    America dumped tea in the ocean to protest taxes.

  • Intolerable acts are pasted

    punishment for boston tea party

  • First Continental Congress meets

    met in Philly to talk about British and trading and what not

  • “Shot heard ‘round the world” is fired

    turned into American revolution.

  • Second Continental Congress meets

    agreed continental army be created

  • deceleration of independence

    we became free

  • Ratification of the Articles of Confederation

    finally everything is settled.

  • constitutional convention

    final constitution of US

  • ratification of the Constitution

    make the bill of rights got rid of the old thing.