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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta is a charter saying that King John and all the rulers after him after him have to follow a series of rules. -
Jan 1, 1400
Triangular Trade
The Triangular Trade was a system also called the slave trade. Africa would sent slaves to America, America would sent sugar, tobacco and cotton to Europe, and Textiles, rum and manufactured goods were sent to Africa. -
Indentured Servants
Indentured servants were people who signed a contract saying they would work for a certain amount of years in America. When they would finish their work they were given an amount of land for themselves. -
Pilgrims
Pilgrims are people who move in search for religious freedom. The pilgrims were a part of the poor class so some sailed across the Atlantic Ocean for economic opportunity as well. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
The Fundamental Orders were created by the colony of Connecticut to govern their colony. This is the very first constitution ever written. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the very first governing document in the Plymouth Colony. This Compact set a basis of government to prevent the Pilgrims from separating. -
Puritans
The Puritans were a religious group who were trying o purify the church of England. Most of the Puritans moved to America in search of religious freedom. -
Enlightenment
The age of Enlightenment was a period when people started thinking with logic and reason. This movement stressed the belief that science and logic gave people more knowledge than tradition and religion -
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was the series of religious revivals among Protestants in the Colonies -
No taxation without representation
This is a slogan that was started by the Colonist when Great Britain gave them taxes without their say in it. No taxation without representation was basically the colonist outcry because they had nobody to represent them through Parliament. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British parliament on March 22, 1765. This act required the colonist to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Legal documents, licenses, newspapers, playing cards, and other publications were taxed. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was an Act that Great Britain put on the colonist. This act taxed tea and forced the colonist to buy the tea from the East India Company. -
Tea Party
The Boston Tea party was a rebel by the Sons of Liberty where they dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped 342 chest of East India Company’s tea into the Boston Harbor. The Sons of Liberty did this to protest the tax Great Britain put on tea. -
Coercive Act
The Coercive act was placed on the colonist as a punishment after the Boston Tea party. The Colonist referred to this act as the “Intolerable Acts” because they said they were too harsh. This act shut down the Boston Harbor until the colonist payed for all of the tea that was dumped into the harbor. -
First Continental Congress
The first continental congress met to talk about the Intolerable Act that Great Britain had put on the colonist. During this meeting, they decided to boycott British goods. -
Second continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress first met when the British came to Boston and attempted to arrest patriots for saying they were unhappy about the British rule. The Second Continental congress decided they wanted to become independent from Great Britain. -
Revolutionary War
The Revolutionary War was when the colonist in America rebelled against Great Britain. There were several battles fought and the colonies got their freedom and became the Unites States of America. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson. The letter stated that the colonist wanted to separate themselves from Great Britain and the reasons why they wanted to do so.
