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The “great charter” of English liberties, forced from King John by the English barons and sealed at Runnymede, June 15, 1215.
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This was passed on June 7, 1628. It was a non-parlimentary taxation.
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The act declaring rights and liberties of the subject.
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A meeting of delegates from seven American colonies. This was where benjamin Franklin set of a plan of unifying the colonies.
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A riot in Boston (March 5, 1770) arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city. Troops fired on the mob and killed several persons.
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To protest taxes people went on ships and dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor.
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Delegates from twelve British North American colonies that met at Carpenter's Hall.
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Two groups of people from the 13 colonies. This was set up to discuss liberty.
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The public act by which the Second Continental Congress, on July 4, 1776, declared the Colonies to be free and independent of England.
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This was adopted in 1781 and replaces in 1789. This was the first constitution of the 13 American states.
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An armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shay.
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It took place from May 14th to September 17th, 1787. IUt was a convention used to address problems in governing the US.
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A plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.
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A plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
