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The bill of rights that affirmed parliaments to make laws
Who: Monarch, parliaments, ministers
What: the bill of rights that affirmed the parliaments to make laws
When: 1688
Why: the ministers that the monarch chose set policies and guided that parliament, the parliaments powder made laws, levy taxes, and passed the budget influenced by the ministers. -
England and Scotland were united
Who: United Kingdom of Great Britain, Scotland
What: England and Scotland were united together
When: 1707
Why: Scotland’s parliament was poorly attended and MPS voted to agree the union, the parliament was dissolved and England and Scotland became one country. -
The stamp act
Who: Great Britain
What: the stamp act
When: March 22, 1765
Why: it was required for all American colonists to pay tax for every piece of paper they printed. -
The first continental congress
Who: the British, and the colonies
What: organized the first continental congress
When: September 5th - October 26th 1774
Why: Urged colonists to take arms and organize militias. -
The second continental congress
Who: The second continental congress
What: the second continental congress approved the Declaration of Independence
When: July 4th 1776
Why: it contains th first goals of our nation -
Cornwallis surrender
Who: General Cornwallis, Americans, and the French
What: “Cornwallis was forced to surrender to the Americans and French, forces under Washington at Yorktown in 1781 the British decided to end the war” 8.4 page 2
When: October 19th 1781
Why: When Cornwallis surrendered the British ended the war -
Treaty of Paris
Who: Americans, and American colonies
What: The treaty of Paris
When: September 3, 1783
Why: Independence of American colonies, and granted Americans control of western territory. -
Revised the articles of confederation
Who: the delegates
What: Delegates met to revise the articles of confederation
When: February 21, 1787
Why: helped plan for an entirely new government
