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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility. -
Jamestown settled
1st English settlement on the mainland of N.America, named for king James the first of England, founded in the colony of Virginia. -
Mayflower Compact
written agreement composed by a consensus of the new settlers arriving at New Plymouth. -
Petition of Right
expressed ideals that led to the American Revolution, English legal reform movement that led to the Civil war and deposing of Charles I in 1649. -
English Bill of Rights
re-statement in statutary form of the Declaration of Rights presented by the convention parliament to William and Mary in March 1689 inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England. -
Albany Plan of Union
united the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other pupose;turned down by the colonies and the Crown. -
Stamp Act
1st British tax on American colonists. -
Boston Massacre
leading event to the Revolutionary war, a street fight between a "patriot" mob and a aquad of British soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
protest against the Stamp Act Congress: group of men disguised as Native Americans, who boarded 3 ships in Boston Harbor and dumped tea into the sea. -
Intolerable Acts
impartial administration of the Justice Act, Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act, Boston Port Act, Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act are all laws that were sponsored by British Prime MInister Lord North in response to the Boston Tea Party. -
1st Continental Congress
convention of delegates from 12 of the 13 N. American colonies, called in response to the passage of the Coercive Act. -
American Revolution
*Samuel Adams creates the 1st Committee of Correspondence.
*1st Continental Congress convenes in the Philadelphia Boycott of British goods.
*Olive Branch Petition extended
* won the battle of Lexington and Concord. -
2nd Continental Congress
met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 12 of the 13 colonies present, omit Georgia, discussed managing the war efforts adn moving further towards independence by writing the Declaration of Independence. -
Declaration of Independence
formal explanation of why congress had voted on July 2nd to declare independence from Great Britian, the birthday of the USA. -
Articles of Confederaation
established "a firm league of friendship" among the states and allowed few important powers to the central government. -
Philadelphia Convention
allowed congress no power to regulate domestic affairs. -
Constitution Convention
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To address problems in governing the USA, proposed to revise the Articles of Confederation. -
Connecticut Compromise
agreement between large and small states during the constitutional convention on 1787, that defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the US contitution. -
Shay's Rebellion
post revolutionary clash between New England farmers and merchants that tested the precarious institutions of the new public.
