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A document that King John of England was forced to sign in 1215 that basically limited the power of monarchy and establish principle to everyone including King Jon himself to obey the law -
Founded in 1607 three ships holding 104 English men and boys arrived at Virginia and establish the land as Jamestown. -
prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, aiming to prevent conflicts with Native Americans and maintain control over the newly acquired territories after the Seven Years' War -
British law that imposed taxes on molasses, sugar, and other goods imported into the American colonies -
It taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards -
It was designed to bail out the British East India Company by giving it a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies -
a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen American colonies (Georgia did not attend) in Philadelphia -
a series of four punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 -
the Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War -
The Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia in May 1775, following the escalating conflict with Great Britain -
it advocated for American independence from British rule, arguing against monarchy and hereditary succession and promoting the idea of a republican government based on popular consent -
announced the 13 American colonies' separation from Great Britain