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Magna Carta
1215- The Magna Carta is a legal grant authority or rights originally issued in England. It requires King John of England to proclaim certain rights and respects certain legal procedures. -
Jamestown Settled
1676- The townsite was deserted after rebel colonists under the leadership of Nathaniel Bacon burned Jamestown. The rebels accused Governer William Berkeley of having failed to protect them from Indian raids. -
Mayflower Compact written
1620- It was a written agreement composed by the settlers at what is now Provincetown, MA. It documented the first written laws for the new colony. -
Petition of Right
1628- The commons refused this offer, and under the leadership of Sir Edward Coke, the members drew up and finally passed the Petition of Right. Charles made repeated attempts to avoid ratifying it in a legal manner. He was finally compelled to give his assent in due form. -
English Bill of Rights
1689- It states the rights of a person as an individual that no one can take away. The Bill of Rights gives people freedom of speech and freedom of press. -
Albony Plan of Union
1754- It was proposed by Benjamin Franklin at the Albony Congress. It was an early attempt of forming a union of the colonies under one government. -
Boston Massacre
1770- It happened where british troops killed 5 civilians. This led to widespread which eventually led to the American Revolution. -
Stamp Act
1765- It was Britains way of keeping the colonies under control. They placed a tax on all stamps in the colony. This worsened' colonists' sentiment for the British and helped sparked the War for Independence. -
Intolerable Acts
1773-They were acts set out by the British of punishment for the Boston Tea Party. One of the acts required for all of the destroyed tea to be paid for before the port of Boston would be reopened. -
First Continental Congress
1774 - The congress issued a declaration of rights and organized an economic boycott of England.It also issued the Olive Branch Petition asking the king to redress the colonies grievances'. -
Second Continental Congress
1775- The members of the Second Continental Congress met at the state house of Philadelphia. There were several new delegates including: John Hancock, from massachussettes- Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, and Benjamin Franklin from Pennsylvania. -
American Revolution Begins
1775- The American Revelution was a bunch of Benedict Arnold's saying duck the queen and king. We are not going to pay. We would rather die than pay. -
Articles of Confederation
1777- Was the first constitution of the United States of America that establishes the union of the states. Under the articles, the states retained sovereignty over all government functions. -
Shays Rebellion
1786- It was farmers tired of unfair taxes. It happened in Massachus.ettes -
Philadelphia Convention
1787- Philadelphia convention was to discuss conflicts between the states. It happened in Philadelphia. -
Constitution Convention
Same as Philadelphia Convention. -
Boston Tea Party
1773- The British East India company had a big surplus of tea in its stores, and got approval to sell the tea in the American colonies. There was a small tax levied on the tea, but even so it was cheaper then the smuggled tea the colonists had been drinking. -
Declaration of Independence
1776- The Second Continental Congress, meeting in philadelphia in the Pennsylvania State House (now Indepence Hall), approved the Declaration of Independence severing the colonies' ties to the British Cown. -
Connecticut Compromise
It was an agreement between large and small states. It decided how many representatives each state would have.
