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Period: Feb 22, 1215 to
American History
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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Legal document that was written to help shape medieval Englands government. Established that the King was not above the law. -
Jamestown Settled
The first permanent English settlement in the United States of America, founded by the London Company. -
Mayflower Compact
This document gave the separatists the right to freely practice Christianity. -
Petition Of Right
Challenged the idea of the divine right of Kings and declared that even the monarch was subject to the laws of land. -
English Bill of Rights
A bill that laid out basic civil and political rights to Englishmen, which are still in effect today. -
Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin's attempt to unite the 13 colonies. -
American Revolution Begins
This is when the colonies all united to finally break free of British Rule. -
Stamp Act
A direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America in order to weaken and control them. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired in American protesting crowd, which was considered violent, killing five people, and injuring eleven. This event led towards strong rebellion towars Britian. -
Boston Tea Party
A resistance movement by the colonists, sparked by a tax that England put on their tea. They dumped quite a bit of tea in the water. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts, also called the Coercive Acts, were a series of acts that punished the Boston Tea Party and enraged the colonists. They included the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts and the Declaratory Acts. -
First Continental Congress
For two months, delegates from every colony (except Georgia) met and debated plans for action in response to the Intolerable Acts which included drafting a Declaration of Rights. The meeting also called for a complete boycott of all English goods in all of the colonies. -
Second Continental Congress
A second convention of the colonie's delegates, slowly moving towards independence, and eventually adopting the Declaration of Independence. -
Declaration of Independence
This document declared the independence of the Colonies from British rule, becoming the United States. -
Shay's Rebellion begins
An armed uprising from 1776-1777, mostly made of farmers who were crushed by taxes and heavy debt. -
Articles of Confederation
First Constitution in America that specified how the government was to operate. -
Philadelphia Convention
Intended to revise the Articles of Confederation, this convention eventually resulted in the US Constitution. -
Constitutional Convention
A convention in which problems regarding America's government, resulting in the US Constitution -
Connecticut Compromise
A compromise that stated a legislative structure and representation that the states would have under the US Constitution
