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petition of right
The Petition exhibited to his Majesty by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, concerning divers Rights and Liberties of the Subjects, with the King's Majesty's royal answer thereunto in full Parliament -
articles of confederation
in 1643 confederation is a joining of several groups for common purpose. such as "league of friendshio" -
english bill of rights
prohibited a standing army in peace time except with the consent of parliment. the english bill of rights also included garantees to rights. -
albany plan union
the purpose of the plan was to discuss the problems of colonial trade and the danger of attacks by the French and their Native American allies. -
boston massacre
the Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. many colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
boston tea party
In Boston, the arrival of three tea ships ignited a furious reaction. The crisis came to a head on December 16, 1773 when as many as 7,000 agitated locals milled about the wharf where the ships were docked. A mass meeting at the Old South Meeting House that morning resolved that the tea ships should leave the harbor without payment of any duty. -
first continental congress
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. Carpenter's Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. -
second continental congress
The delegates of the 13 colonies gathered in Philadelphia to discuss their next steps. -
declaration of independence
the work of jefferson, into four parts such as, a preamble,a declaration of natural rights, list of grievances, and a resolution of independence, -
shay's rebellion
Shays' Rebellion, the post-Revolutionary clash between New England farmers and merchants that tested the precarious institutions of the new republic, threatened to plunge the "disunited states" into a civil war. The rebellion arose in Massachusetts in 1786, spread to other states, and culminated in the rebels' march upon a federal arsenal -
new jersey plan
After two weeks of debating the Virginia Plan, a counterproposal was put forth by William Patterson, which has become known as the New Jersey Plan (or the Small State Plan or the Patterson Plan). Patterson's ideas amounted to no more than a simple reshaping of the Articles of Confederation. One of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention (1787) he introduced the "The plan offered the idea of a unicameral (one house) legislature in which all states would have an equal number of votes. -
philadelphia convention
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. Although the Convention was purportedly intended only to revise the Articles of Confederation, the intention from the outset of many of its proponents, chief among them James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, was to create a new government rather than fix the existing one. The delegates elected George Wash -
virginia plan
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magna carta
a document that King John of England (1166 - 1216) was forced into signing. King John was forced into signing the charter because it greatly reduced the power he held as the King of England and allowed for the formation of a powerful parliament. The Magna Carta became the basis for English citizen's rights.
