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Period: Jan 25, 1200 to
chapter 2
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Jan 25, 1215
Magna Carta
is a charter issued by King John of England atRunnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown. -
petition of rights
The Petition of Right is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights; limited the power of the English sovereign, and was written as an act of Parliament. -
Albany Plan of Union
Proposal to create a unified government -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770. -
Boston Tea Party
In 1771, a group of colonists protest thirteen years of increasing British oppression, by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor. In retaliation, the British close the port, and inflict even harsher penalties. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia -
Second Confederation Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, after the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Declaration of Independance
Founding of america -
Articles of Confederation
a document signed by the thirteen original colonies that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution -
Shays Rebellion
armed uprising that took place in Massachusetts (mostly in and around Springfield) during 1786 and 1787, -
Virginia Plan
The Virginia Plan was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. -
Philadelphia Convention
members to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain -
New Jersey Plan
The New Jersey Plan was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787.
