origins of american government

By emwright
  • 1787 BCE

    Norhwest ordinance

    could appoint government officials once they reach a certain size
  • 1786 BCE

    Shays Rebellion

    Farmers marched to town and shut down local courthouses perfecting hearings for foreclosure proceedings
  • 1785 BCE

    Land Ordinance

    dividing the northwest territory
  • 1774 BCE

    Second Continental Congress

    Delegates from all 13 states met three weeks after the first meeting to discuss what to do about Britain
  • 1773 BCE

    Boston tea party

    Protestors dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped gallons of British teas into the harbor
  • 1765 BCE

    The Stamp Act

    first tax on colonies required them to pay fees for legal documents
  • 1760 BCE

    King George III

    crowned king of Great Britain
  • Period: 1754 BCE to 1763 BCE

    French and Indian war

    war between French and British over land
  • 1689 BCE

    English bill of rights

    set limiting restrictions between parliament and the monarch
  • 1600 BCE

    Europeans migrate to North America

    people began migrating from European countries to North America along the Atlantic coast
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1700 BCE

    Enlightenment

    major European intellectual movement
  • 1215 BCE

    Magna Carta

    drafted and signed

  • Mayflower compact

    first colonial plan for self government

  • Fundamental orders of Connecticut

    first formal constitution

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    redcoats abs minutemen fight at Lexington and concord and is known as the first battle of the revolutionary war

  • First Continental Congress

    meeting in Philadelphia to decide what to do about Great Britain

  • Declaration of Independence

    Congress approved the declaration freeing the thirteen colonies from Great Britain

  • Constitution completed

    final draft of the constitution is finalized

  • Constitution ratified

    Federalists win by 3 votes