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American History

  • Magna Carta
    Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Was written by a group of 13th century barons to protect their rights and property against a tryannical king.
  • Jamestown settled

    Jamestown settled

    The first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America
  • Mayflower Compact Written

    Mayflower Compact Written

    Was the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony.
  • Petition of Right

    Petition of Right

    Was a major English constutitional document that sets out liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

    Was a restatement of the Decloration of Rights, It was an act of the Parlament of England.
  • Albany Plan of Union

    Albany Plan of Union

    Was proposed by Ben Franklin, an attempt at forming the Union colonies.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Was a direct tax imposed by the British parlement specifically on the colonies of British America.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Was an incident in which British army soldiers killed 5 civilian men.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Was a direct action by colonists in Boston against the British government and the East India company that controlled all tea imported to the colonies.
  • Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts

    A series of laws passed by the British parlement relating to Britians colonies in North America
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    Was a convention of deligates from 12 colonies to consider a boycott of British trade.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    Convention from 13 colonies that managed the colonial war effort, and moved towards independence.
  • American Revolution

    American Revolution

    Was a political Upheaval in which 13 colonies joined together to break free from the British empire, forming the USA.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Was a statement which announced that the 13 colonies regarded themselves as Independent states
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    Was an agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the USA as a confederation of soverign states and served as its first constitution.
  • Shays Rebellion

    Shays Rebellion

    Was an armed Uprising that took place in Central and Western Massachusetts from 1786-1787
  • Philidelphia convention

    Philidelphia convention

    Was a convention to Address problems conserning the USA.
  • Constitution Convention

    Constitution Convention

    Also known as the Philadelphia Convention, was to address the problems governing the USA.
  • Connecticut Compromise

    Connecticut Compromise

    An agreement that all states defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.