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Jan 1, 1111
Mercantilism Was Enacted
pictureMercantilism was the dominant type of thought in Europe throughout the late Renaissance and early modern period.This was during the 15th-18th century. Mercantilism encouraged the many intra-European wars. -
Jan 1, 1154
Common Law
pictureThe common law began in 1154 and is known to have ended in 1189.Common law is a law created by judges through decisions of courts rather than through legislative statutes or executive branch action. -
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Jan 1, 1297
Magna Carta
pictureThw Magna Carta was the first document given to the English King by the feudal barons, in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their privileges -
Jamestown
pictureEstablished by the Virginia Company of London it was the first permanent English settlement -
House Of Burgess
picturethe first assembly of elected representatives of English colonists. The House was established by the Virginia Company, who created the body to encourage English craftsmen to settle in North America. The first meeting was held in Jamestown, Virginia, on July 30, 1619. -
Mayflower Compact
picture The Mayflower Compact was the first document of the Plymouth Colony. It was written by the colonists, in order to start a government -
Bacons Rebellion
pictur During Bacon's Rebellion about a thousand Virginians started to resented Virginia's GovernorWilliam Berkeley's friendly policies towards the Native Americans. When Berkeley refused to do something about the indian attacks on settlements they decided to do something their selves. -
Glorius Revolution
picturealso called the Revolution of 1688, the overthrowing of King James II of England -
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Intolerable Acts
pictureacts issued due to the Boston Tea Party. these acts made colonists very upset and willing to retaliate. -
Quarterring Act 1765
pictureThis act stated that the colonists must provide basic needs for troops when they are needed. -
Stamp Act
picturewas a tax made by the British Parliament specifically for the colonies.It stated that it was required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London -
Townshend Act
pictureThe purpose of the Townshend Acts were to raise money in the colonies to pay for the salaries of governors and judges so that they could be independent of colonial rule -
Boston Massacure
pictureA fight against the Brittish troops and colonists because of the incident where the brittish killed civilian men -
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1st Continental Congress Begins
picturewas a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. The Intolerable Acts had punished Boston for the Boston Tea Party. -
Battle Of Lexington And Concord
pictureFirs militery engagements in the American Revoltionary War the battles were fought in Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston -
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2nd Continental Congress Begins
pictureThe second Congress worked on colonial war effort, and moved toward independence, by adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 -
Mecklenburg Resolves
pictureThe document is known to have stated that all laws originated from the British King or Parliament are now void -
Common Sense
picture Written by Thomas Paine to pursuade people to want independence, it was first published anonymously -
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Articles Of Conderation
pictureWas an agreement of the 13 founding states that legally made the United States of America a confederation of sovereign states and also served as its first constitution -
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Northwest Ordinance
pictureStated Congress did not have the power to raise money by direct taxation of the people of the United States. which ment the immediate goal of the ordinance was to raise money through the sale of land and the largely unmapped land west of the original states -
Shay's Rebellion
pictureThe rebellion started on August 29, 1786, and was over by January 1787, over one thousand Shaysites were arrested. A militia that had been raised as a private army defeated an attack on the federal Springfield Army by the main Shaysite force on February 3, 1787, and five rebels were killed in the action.
