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Period: Feb 3, 1200 to
Chapter 2 Timeline
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Feb 3, 1215
Magna Carta
Magna Carta, also called Magna Carta Libertatum (the Great Charter of Freedoms), is an English legal charter, originally issued in the year 1215. It was written in Latin and is known by its Latin name. The usual English translation of Magna Carta is Great Charter. -
Petition of Right
The Petition of Right is a major English constitutional document, which sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. The Petition of Right was produced by the English Parliament in the run-up to the English Civil War. -
English Bill of Rights
This document prohibits a standing army in peacetime and also gurantees a right to a fair trial. Also freedom from excessive bail fropm cruel and unusual punishment. -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan was proposed by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress in 1754 in Albany, New York. It was an early attempt at forming a union of the colonies "under one government as far as might be necessary for defense and other general important purposes" during the French and Indian War. -
Boston Massacre
The killing of five Boston colonists by British soldiers who were being harassed by a crowd of Boston residents. -
Boston Tea Party
A demonstration by citizens of Boston who disguised as Indians raided three British ships in the Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement by the Second Continental Congress, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire. -
Articles of Confederation
This document was America's first plan of government, drawn up by the Continental Congress in 1777 and approved by the 13 states to be put into effect in 1781. It set up a firm league of friendship among the 13 states. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts (mainly Springfield). The rebellion is named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolution who led the rebels, known as "Shaysites" or "Regulators". -
Virginia Plan
The Virginia Plan (also known as the Randolph Plan, after its sponsor, or Large-State Plan) was a proposal by Virginia delegates, drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Philadelphia Convention -
Philadelphia Convention
The Philadelphia Convention met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America. -
New Jersey Plan
The New Jersey Plan (also known as the Small State or Paterson Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government proposed by William Paterson at the Philadelphia Convention.
