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Jun 15, 1215
magna carta
influenced the constitution and constitutional rights in the us -
Period: Jun 15, 1215 to
time line of american events
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mayflower compact
first governing document of Plymoth Colony. -
petiton of rights
influenced a fight to see who was supreme in english government -
navigation act
series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England. -
english bill of rights
a list of rights that the authors thought members of a constitutional monarchy ought to have -
proclomation of 1763
a proclomation that prohibited white settlement on indian land -
sugar act
revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain -
stamp act
a direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America -
boston tea party
after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor -
coercive act
series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America -
first continental congress
convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies -
first shots at lexington/ concord
first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
second continental congress
convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies -
decloration of independence
a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire
