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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
The people of England became tired of the Kings over bearing power. So in 1215 they forced him to sign the Magna Carta, thus limiting his power. -
Jamestown Settlement
King James granted a charter to the Virgina Company, to form an settlement in the new land. They were in search of new treasures and gold, but soon discovered that they were very unprepared for this new world. -
Mayflower Compact
The first written document of the new world, the Mayflower Compact was an agreement that set fair laws that the colonies would live by. -
Petition of Rights
Much like the Magna Carta, the people of England felt the need to limit the kings power even more. So parliment drew up the Petition of Rights. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights was a written document expressing the freedom of speech within parliment. As well was limiting the power of the king and queen and giving abit more power to parliment. -
Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin composed the Albany Plan of Union in an atempt to levy taxes. As well as to regulate Indian Trade and establish America's first Army and Navy. -
stamp Act
King George III gathered alot of debt during the French and Indian War. One way he tried to get money was by taxing offical documents and playing cards for the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
During a colonial roit brittish red coats killed five civilians. It was called a massacre to rally the people, this is on of the events that led to us going to war with britian. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists were becoming fed up with all the increaseing taxs the king was putting on them. As a type of retaliation they decided to dress up as indians and dump the imported tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts are a series of four extremely severe acts imposed by the king to punish the colonists. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress consisted of George Washington, John Adams, Sam Adams, John Jay and Patric Henry. Together they drew up the declaration of rights and proposed a ban on all British imports. -
American Revolution Begins
Finally fed up with being under the thumb of Brittian. The American Revolution marked the begining of America's freedom from Brittan. -
Second Constitutional Congress
The Second Constitutional Congress dealt more with the colonial war efforts. They also pushed more towards independence, and wrote up the Decleration of Independence. -
Declaration of Independence
The founding fathers of our nation created the Declaration of Independence. Which officially anounced to Brittian that the 13 American colonies were now independent. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of our country. It spelled out how the government would be ran, as well as named their new country, the United States of America. -
Shays Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion was an armed upriseing with in Massachusetts, named after the war vet Daniel Shays -
Constitution Convection
This was a meeting held to fix the governmental issues of the new found America. Although some thought it would be better to make a completely new government. -
Connecticut Compromise
In the Connecticut Compromise the states came to a legislative agreement on the number of representatives each state would be allowed. -
Philadelphia Convention
The Philadelphia Convention was the start of our modern day congress. most all of the colonies sent representatives, except Rhode Island, which got the nick name "Rouge Island".
