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Magna Carta:

Jan 30, 1215

The Magna Carta is important because it turned into bigger documents. Also, it helped establish that the power of a monarchy is not absolute. Without the Magna Carta, there wouldn’t be such thing as a limited government and we may still have been in a monarchy. * Day and month unknown. year, 1215

Mayflower compact

Nov 11, 1620

If the pilgrims never came, we may still be practicing religion that other people wanted us to practice. We wouldn’t be able to believe in what we wanted, but instead what the government wanted us to believe in.

Petition of rights

Jan 30, 1628

Without it the leaders would be able to do whatever they wanted. Without the consent of the people, the government would be able to punish for little things and people would have to house British troops even if they didn’t want to. *day and month unknown. year, 1628

Navigation Act:

Jan 30, 1651

Without the navigation act, we wouldn’t have had an American Revolution. This means that we probably wouldn’t have had so much freedom from Britain. We may have still be under British rule without the Navigation Act, * day and month unknown. Year, 1651

English Bill of rights

Jan 31, 1689

without it we wouldn’t have elections to vote for new people in government. We would still be punished because of speech. Now we have freedom of speech so we can say what we want without being punished by the Government. *day and month unknown. year, 1689

Proclamation of 1763

Jan 31, 1763

The colonists were angry because most had gotten land in exchange for their help in the war. But, because the British decided to make settlement boundaries, the colonists couldn’t settle where they wanted. Therefore, they got the boundaries to move further west beginning tensions between the colonies and Britain,

Sugar Act

Jan 31, 1764

Because there was an economic crisis at around the same time as the sugar act was made into law, many colonists decided to protest the act. They were more worried about how the acts would effect the economy rather than worry about how there was no reason for the tax except to feed and house the Kings army, They started smuggling the molasses, and as people started to get caught and punished, it drove the colonists away from Britain.

Stamp Act

Jan 30, 1765

This was one of the times when British power was questioned and people got hurt and killed because of it. Also, without it we wouldn’t have the power to send people to the congress to vote for if taxes are needed or wanted. This ultimately helped us with tax spending. *day and month unknown. year, 1765

Boston Tea party

Dec 16, 1773

Because of the Tea Party, Parliament passed laws to keep them from questioning the British government. Also, they passed laws to punish the people that fought for freedom.

Coercive act

Jan 31, 1774

The acts were aimed directly at Boston and that made them believe that their rights were being taken away. This led to the Revolution that made the US independent from Britain. So without these acts the revolution may have never happened. *day and month unknown. year, 1774

First Continental congress

Sep 5, 1774

Without the first congress, there wouldn’t have been a second one which decided the onset of the Revolution. So, without the first congress we ultimately wouldn’t have had a chance to discuss how we were going to gain our independence from Britain.

First shots fired at Lexington and concord

Apr 17, 1775

Without the first shots, we wouldn’t have started the Revolution and then we wouldn’t have become Free states. People were sent to get fire arms and without that we maybe wouldn’t have won the war. There would be no America and that means we would still be under British rule.

Second continental congress

May 10, 1775

Because of the second continental congress, the colonies were able to become free from Britain and be led into their own free state.

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

without the Declaration, we wouldn’t be independent. We would still be under British rule and maybe still at war with them for our Independence. We wouldn’t have our own government. Also, we wouldn’t have all the rights we do now. We would have to live by the Kings rules and his religion. But, instead we get to practice whatever we want to.