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Period: Jun 15, 1200 to
Dates
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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Gave Trial by jury, Due process, private property, Intended for high class -
Mayflower Compact
Sailed across Atlantic by pilgrams seeking religeous freedom
a document was signed November 11,1620 -
Petition of Rights
The document demanded that the king no longer imprison or punish any person but by the lawful judgement of his peers, or the law of the land. -
English Bill of Rights
no cruel ounishment, no excessive bail or fines, right to bear arms, right to pettition, prohibited standing army peace time -
Proclamation of 1763
The purpose of the proclamation was so Great Britain could organize the new North American Empire and stabilize relations with Native Americans theough trade , settlement, and land purchase. -
Sugar Act
When need for sugar was high. -
Stamp Act
When taxes were put on mail stamps -
Boston Tea Party
A group of disguised colonist men boarded a Britian tea ship and threw the cargo into the sea. -
First Continental Congress
It sought right the wrongs that had been inflictedon the colonies and hoped a unified voice would gain the m a hearing in London. -
First shots at Lexington
Shot heard around the world and the start of the Revolutionary War. Battles marked out break of open armed conflict between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies. -
Second Continental Congress
They met three weeks after revolution began and managed the colinial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independance -
Declaration of Independance
Announced that the Thirteen American Colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independant states no longer part of the British Empire.
