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Jan 26, 1215
Magna Carta
Issued by King John of England
Was first drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebels. -
Period: Jan 26, 1215 to
Ch. 2 Timeline
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Petition of Right
A major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. The Petition contains restrictions on non-Parliamentary taxation, forced billeting of soldiers, imprisonment without cause, and the use of martial law. -
English Bill of Rights
Precursor to the Constitution
Limited English power -
Albany Plans of Union
First plans to unify the 13 colonies
Was suggested by Ben Franklin -
Boston Massacre
Was the killing of 5 Boston colonists by the British.
Was casused because of high tensions between the colonists wanting freedom from Britian and the British pushing back. -
Boston Tea Party
Rebellion against the British
A lot of tea was poured into the Boston Harbor. -
First Continental Congress
First meeting of 12 of the 13 coloines to dicuss a truce for the betterment of the colonies.
Met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia -
Second Continental Congress
Second installation of Congress meeting
Took place in Phildelphia -
Declaration of Independance
A statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies,[2] then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.
Run mainly byThomas Jefferson. -
Articles of Confederation
Was the first Constitution in the United States.
All 13 colonis did not aprove of this until March of 1781 -
Shay's Rebellion
Was an armed rebellion mainly, in Springfield.
Is known to have altered the course of history -
Virginia Plan
A proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch
Was presented on the 4th day of the Constitutional Convention. -
Philadelphia Convention
Took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in 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
Led by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton -
New Jersey Plan
Led by William Paterson
Was a plan to ammend the Articles of
Confederation
