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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
The Agreement shaped the laws for 400 years in England. It became the rights for all the English people. -
Mayflower Compact
The Compact was the first governing document of the colonists or pilgrims. About half of the pilgrims were religious seperatists adn wanted to practice their own religion without British church rule. This document allowed them to do that. -
Petition of Rights
The Magna Carta was improved by the Petition of Rights after about 400 years. -
Navigation Act
Th Navigation Act restriced colonial trade between other countries except for Britain. This enabled Britain to reap all of the trade benefits of the New England area. -
English Bill of Rights
America has built on, changed and added to those ideas and instutions that settlers have brought to America from England. -
Proclamation of 1763
The purpose of the Proclamation was to organize the French and British territories. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act is an extention of the Molasas Act which was about to expire anyway. The Act heavily taxed Sugar products which caused even more of a disturbance in the colonies. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act taxed stamps on all legal documents. This was the first time that the colonies started to rise up against the British rule leading to the Revolutionary War. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists destroyed much of a tea shipment by throwing it into the Boston harbor. The colonists believed that they had the right to be taxed ny their own representatives. -
Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts or otherwise known as the Intolerable acts caused much resistance and disturbance in the thirteen colonies. -
First shots of Lexington and Concord
These were the first military engagements of the Revolutionary War. This marked an armed conflict between Great Britain and the colonies. -
Second Continental Congress
Colonial delegates came together to discuss the American Revolution.
