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Mayflower Compact
web 2 videoHistoryIt was sing onboard of the Mayflower. The Pilgrims had obtained permission from English authorities to settle in Virginia, whose northern border at the time extended up to what is now New York. They were to proclaim allegiance to the kings. The Pilgrims had originally intended to settle near the mouth of the Hudson River -
PETITION of RIGHTS
[video](prezi.com/.../english-civil-war-and-the-rise-of-demo...)web 2 web 1 Here are some of the rights granted. Freedom from royal interference with the law, freedom to petition the monarch, freedom to protestance to bear arms. THe person who signed the document was Charles the first. This document granted people many rights that they didnt have before. Thats why is so important. -
English bill of Right
[video](www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6GPbImtO8k)[web 2 ](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_Rights_1689)[web 1 ](www.thegloriousrevolution.org/document.asp?doc=billrights) The English Bill of Rights was enacted by the English Parliament and singed into law by King William III in 1689. William and Mary were involved in the signing. People are entitled to their opinions of their government. The English Bill of Rights is an English precursor of the Constitution, along with the Magna Carta and the Petition of Right. -
Albany Plan of Union
[web 2](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Plan)[History](history.state.gov › Milestones › 1750-1775)videoIt was an early attempt to band the 13 colonies together during the French and Indian War. It failed because every colony had their own agenda. Benjamin Franklin suggested the plan. The popular cartoon assosiated for this meeting was a snake with " join or die" around it. -
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
[video](www.youtube.com/watch?v=mphUZDdMpZA)[web 2 ](www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/frin.htm)[History](www.history.com/topics/french-and-indian-war)The major players in this were Edward Baddock, George Washington, James Abercrombie, Jeffery Mamberst, Louise - Josaph Moteatim, Pierre Franciosi De Rigaurd, William Shirly. The major battles were the battle of Quabec and the battle of Quiberon. The British won overall. This event almost led to a revolution. It ended the French colonization of North America. -
KING GEORGE III TAKES POWER
video[web 2 ](althistory.wikia.com/wiki/George_III:_The_Overly_Active_King)[history](www.history.com/topics/george-iii)George crated taxations without representation. That changed the relationship between British and the colonies. George was just a symbol that the rebels could use to represent Britain. Colonists were independent by nature having sailed three thousand miles by ship to start a new life. The two major things that were big deals with both were taxes on tea and taxes on stamps. (they were a secret tax when you bought paper) -
STAMP ACT
[web 2](www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/stampact.htm)[history ](www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm)[video](www.history.com/.../stamp-act-imposed-on-america...)The items that were taxed were legal documents, lincese, commercial contracts, newspapers, pamplets, and playing cards. The colonial leaders reacted by asserting that the stamp act was a attempt to raise money in the colonies without approval. They pretty much hid taxes to people. When people bought paper, they were required to buy a stamp which was the secret tax. -
BOSTON MASSACRE
video[history](www.history.com/topics/boston-massacre)[web 1 ](www.bostonmassacre.net/)There were a total of six colonist killed during the Boston Massecre. The Townshed Act was the act that led to the tradagy, that we know as the Homeshed Act -
Boston Tea Party
[video](www.history.com/this-day-in.../the-boston-tea-party)[web 2 ](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party)[history ](www.history.com/topics/boston-tea-party)The Sons of Liberty are the political group who organized the Boston Tea Party. In responce to the actions from the Sons of Liberty, the British responded with the Intalerable act. -
INTALERABLE ACT
[video](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuo045kh9wY)[web 2 ](www.ushistory.org/us/9g.asp)[web 1 ](www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/intolerable.htm)The Boston Tea Party caused the British to pass the Intolerable Act. One of the revisions that were made is that the British restricted the colonies from an attempt to raise money in the colonies without approval. -
First Continental Congress
video[web 2 ](www.history.com/this-day-in.../first-continental-congress-convenes)[ web 1 ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Continental_Congress)There were a couple thing that they accomplished. They accomplished the Decloration of rights. They also encouraged farcible resistance. It took place in Corpenters Hall, Philadelphia, PA They had another. -
LEXINGTON and CONCORD
[web 2 ](www.ushistory.org/us/11c.asp)[web 1 ](www.history.com/topics/battles-of-lexington-and-concord)[video](www.history.com/...lexington-and-concord/videos)At this battle it was a famous day. A thing that made it famous was the shot heard around the world. No one knew who shot the first shot, but their first instinct to pretect their generals.As a result of the conflict of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the British lost 273 troops and the Colonist lost 94 troops. THe major general from British was Francis Smith. THe major generals from the Colonist were John Parker and James Barrett. Paul Revere rode to Lexington to alarm Samule Adams. -
SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
[web 2 ](history.state.gov › Milestones › 1776-1783)[web 1 ](www.ushistory.org/us/10e.asp)[video](www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZRkdiGxtOo)The second continental congress took place in State House ,Philadelphia. They both were held in Philadelphia, PA. The idea that came out of the meeting was the Declaration of Independance. The colonial leaders involded were Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington. -
ARTICALS of CONFEDURATION
[web 2 ](history.state.gov › Milestones › 1776-1783)[web 1 ](www.loc.gov › Researchers)[video](www.history.com/.../articles-of-confederation/videos)The first president under the Artical of Confeduration. The Articles of Confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. It established a weak central government that mostly, but not entirely, prevented the individual states from conducting their own foreign diplomacy. -
Declaration Of Independance
[web 2 ](www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/congress.htm)[web 1 ](www.history.com/topics/declaration-of-independence)[video](www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrvpZxMfKaU)Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. -
START of CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
[video](www.schooltube.com/video/8340c13e5ab94e3ea887/)[web 2 ](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Convention_(United_States))[web 1 ](www.history.com/.../constitutional-convention-delegates-begin-to-assem...) to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain.
