US History

  • Magna Carta
    Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Was written by people who wanted to stop the kings tyrany. The king was forced to sign
  • Petition of Right

    Petition of Right

    It was created in resonse to the king reaking up the Parliament. This made him too powerful and no one agreed with him
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

    Precurser to the English Constitution. It gave the common people more rights
  • Albany Plan of Union

    Albany Plan of Union

    Plan createdduring ALbany congress by Benjamen Franklin. Was a plan to create a more centralized government
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    It was the killing of five colonists by British soldiers. WAs glorified to gain support for separation from England
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea PArty was when a group of rebels dumped british tea into boston harbor. It was to protest high taxes
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    Congress met to show thta they were all united against England. They met to make their problems known to the king
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    Convention of delegates in Philadelphia. It is where Thomas Jefferson wrote the rought draft of the Declaration of Independance.
  • DEclaration of Independance

    DEclaration of Independance

    It was the document that established the US as an independant country. It wad written mainly by Thomas Jefferson
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    Articles was created during the first continental congress. First cnstitution of the USA
  • Shays Rebellion

    Shays Rebellion

    Shays Rebellion was caused by many farmers being in debt to the government. As a result, many farmers were imprisoned or had their farms taken away,
  • Philadelphia Convention

    Philadelphia Convention

    It was called by congress to revise the Articles of Confederation. It was revised becaus eit made congress too weak
  • Virginia Plan

    Virginia Plan

    Was a plan that was the beginning of ou national government. It outlined what our governmenrt would be like
  • New Jersey Plan

    New Jersey Plan

    It was a proposal for the structure of the US government. It was intended to prevent large states from being too powerful