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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was the first document that expressed the rights of trial by jury and due process of law. It also protected against the arbitrary taking of life, liberty, or property. It also got these rights for all English people not just the upper class. -
mayflower compact
the mayflower compact was the first written law of the new land and had been written with fair laws and for the majority of the men’s ideas. It was observed as the law until 1691. It stated that the state was to be free of English rule and it was written by the people being governed. -
Petition of rights
The petition of rights was one of the first documents that restricted the king from having total power and put that power on the parliament. It also restricted the military from forcing civilians to house solders. -
Navigation Act
The Navigation Act was designed to force the colonies into development suitable to England. This just made trade for the colonies harder and made them angrier with England. This also made trade more expensive and all the money went to England. This had an effect on the decision to pull away from England. -
english bill of rights
the bill of rights was another document that limited the monarchies power and put more power in to the parliament. It also gave the people of England new rights that could not be taken away. -
proclamation of 1763
the proclamation of 1763 was a document that gave England control of part of Canada. It put more of North America under England’s control. Being in control of more land meant that England had to put more troops in North America. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act marked the first time that a significant number of colonies came together to fight against Great Britain. All but Georgia, New Hampshire, and Virginia came together to form the Declaration of rights and grievances. The stamp act was repealed but new laws were formed. -
Boston Tea Party
the tea party ended the resistance towards the tea act. It was also the first physical act of resistance towards the British government. It showed the British that the colonies weren’t going to be pushed around anymore and that the wanted to be noticed. -
Coercive act
The Coercive act triggered more tension between England and the colonies. In return the colonies organized the first continental congress to combat the unfair acts and taxes that the English government was enforcing. This later led to the American Revolution. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was just another way that the British government was trying to tax the American colonies. The colonies only protested to the sugar act by refusing to buy the items that were being taxed. This was effective because the act was soon repealed. -
first continental congress
the first continental congress didn’t come to be because the colonies wanted independence, they just wanted to be heard by parliament and they thought that a unified voice would be heard. It also brought forth the Declaration of Rights and Grievances. It was also the first time that a significant number of colonies came together to face great Britain. -
first shots fired at lexington and concord
the fighting at Lexington and concord marked the beginning of the revolutionary war between America and Great Britain. It is considered the shot heard around the world because the start of the revolutionary war had a huge influence on the rest of the world. -
Second Continental Congress
the second continental congress led the colonies war efforts and was the second time that the colonies had come together to fight England. The second continental also developed the declaration of independence. Which gave the colonies independence from England. -
declaration of independence
the declaration of independence was the first document that was used to break away from Great Britain. This document is also the base of many other revolutionary states. It was the first document that stated certain human inalienable rights such as the right of revolution. It influenced every new government that came after it was written and released.
