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Magna Carta
A charter of English liberties granted by King John to be the rule of law for the people. -
Mayflower Compact
A compact of self-governance written by the male passengers of the Mayflower for Plymouth Colony. -
Petition of Right
English constitutional document establishing protections against the state. -
Jamestown
First English settlement in America. Failed due to poverty. -
English Bill of Rights
A bill that put into law basic human rights as well as who would inherit the crown. -
Albany Plan of Union
The plan to place the British North American colonies under a centralized government. -
Stamp Act
An act that implemented a direct tax to the colonies, and required any printed paper to be stamped. -
Boston Massacre
What started as a brawl between a British soldier and some Americans turned into a massacre of a shootout. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest against taxation without representation, where 342 chests of imported tea were dumped into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
A punishment by the British in order to punish the protestors of the Boston Tea Party -
First Continental Congress
Representatives of 12 of the 13 colonies met to organize colonial resistance. -
American Revolution
When the Americans began to revolt against the British to fight for Independence. -
Second Continental Congress
The convention where self-government was first implemented. Representatives assigned generals for the revolutionary war. -
Declaration of Independence
The document that declared America independent from Britain. -
Shay's Rebellion
A Massachusetts tax rebellion. -
Philadelphia Convention
The convention in which it was decided how America would be governed. -
Connecticut Compromise
A compromise that large and small states agreed that each would get equal representation in the government.
