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Feb 2, 1215
Magna Carta
Great charter forced apon King John of England from his barons. -
Petition of Rights
A major English Contitutional Document that set out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. -
English Bill of Rights
An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown. -
Albany Plan of Union
First attempt of create a union of the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
whe boston officials refused to return shiploads of taxed tea Britian colonist boarded ship and distroyed it by throwing into Boston Harbor. -
New Jersey Plan
Called for uncriminal legislative in which eaech state would be equilly represented. -
First Continental Congress
Meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies in Philadelphia. -
Second Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies. -
Articles of Confederation
First Constitution of the United States. -
Declaration Of Independence
Stated the the 17 American Colonies wer now independent states and not inder control of british empire. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts. -
Philadelphia Covention
To adress problem in governing the Unitied States. -
Virinia Plan
A proposal by Virginia delegates, drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. -
Boston Massacre
An incident that led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British redcoats.
