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Magna Carta
Between King John and the barons of Medieval England The Magna Carta was signed in June of 1215.The Magna Carta is one of the most important documents of Medieval England and is latin an means Great Charter. -
Petition of Right
Restrictions on non Parliamentary taxations, forced billeting of soldiers, imprisonment without cause, and restricts martial law is within the Petition. The Pitition is a huge eEnglish constitional document announces important liberties that the king cannot infring. -
English Bill of Rights
An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Seccession of the Crown is known as The English Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is a statement that the authors thought citizens and residents of a free and democratic society should have. -
Albany Plan of Union
A single government an direction for a strong union of the colonies was brought up to the Albany Congress in 1754. Benjamin Franklin proposed it to the Congress and was one of many plans presented by the participating Albany Congress. -
Boston Massacre
It started with a Patriot mob throwing snowballs, stones and sticks and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonist were killed which began a campaign by speech writers. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party started because of a high tax on tea that upset the colonist. The colonist seized 342 chest of tea off three tea ships in the middle of the night an threw them overboard. -
Second Continental Congress
Members of the Second Continental Congress met at the State House of Philadelphia on May 10th of 1775. George Washingotn was elected as Cammander an Chief of the Continental Army. -
Articles of Confederation
On July 4, 1776 the US threw off the British monarchy which left the US with no central government. The US had to quickly install a new government. Each pf the colonies drew up plans for sate governments by about May of 1776. -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson was appointed to the five person committe by the Continental Congress to draft the Declaration of Independance. Jefferson wrote a statement stating the colonists right to rebel against the British government an have there own stating that all men are created equal and have the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shays Rebellion is abunch of protest from American farmers in 1786-1787 against collections and judgments for debt. The Continental armys captain Daniel Shays is were the Rebellion got its name from. -
Philadelphia Convention
The convention was to stat the problems the government was having ruling the states under the provisions of the Articles of Confederation. The Convention was actually a way to set up a new plan of government which was in the newly drafted US Constitution. -
Virginia Plan
Edmund Randolph a Virginia delaget prposed The Virginia Plan. James Madison mostly wrote it which followed a wide ranch of outlines of what the US Constituion would become. -
New Jersy Plan
A plan proposed at the Constitional Convention provifing for a single legislative house fore equaal representation for each state. -
First Continental Congress
The Intolerable Acts helped bring the colonies together during the resistance to the British. Virginia then skipped there day of prayer and fasting and decided that the colonies meet which led to the First Continental Congress.
