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Magna Carta
Foundations of limits on government. From it the constitution was formed. -
Jamestown settled
Jamestown, Virginia, was the site of the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.They hoped to repeat the success of Spaniards who found gold in South America -
Mayflower Compact
Mayflower Compact, document signed on the English ship Mayflower, prior to its landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts. It was the first framework of government written and enacted in the territory that is now the United States of America. -
Petition of Rights
A petition sent by the English Parliment to king Charles I complaining of a series of breached of law -
English Bill of Rights
An act signed into law by William III and Mary II. Who became co-rulers in England after King James II was overthrown.
Outlined specific constitutional and civil rights and gave parliament ultimate control over the monarchy. -
Albany Plan of Union
An attempt to unite the colonies and the governing of their affairs to provide a stranger defense. At first it was unseccessful which later until they had against Britain later. Their slogan was "Unite or Die" -
Stamp Act
First internal tax levied by the British parliament on American colonist . Imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
A deadly riot on King street in Boston. Started as a fight between British soldiers and American colonist quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest at Griffin's Wharf in Boston. American colonist frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing "taxation without representation", dumped 342 chest of imported tea into the harbor. -
First Congressional Congress
Delegates from each of the 13 states (Except Georgia) met in Philadelphia as the First Congressional Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. -
Intolerable Acts
Punitive laws passed by the British parliament after the Boston tea party, to punish the Massachusetts colonist for their defiance in the Tea party protest. -
Second Congressional Congress
Meeting of delegates from the 13 colonies in America, which united during the American Revolutionary was. The momentous occasion that took a step to declaring America's independence. -
Declaration of Independence
Written state principles on which government and our identity as Americans are based on. Announced and explain separation from Great Britain. -
Shay's Rebellion
Armed uprising in western Massachusetts in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes -
American Revolution begins
British soldiers and the colonists' militia—exchanged gunfire at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. Described as "the shot heard round the world," it signaled the start of the American Revolution and led to the creation of a new nation. -
Philadelphia Convention
Also known as the Constitutional Convention on of the most momentous occurrences in United States Constitutional history. Took place in order to decide how America was going to be governed. -
Connecticut Compromise
Known as the 'Great Compromise', provided a dual system of congressional representation. Established the amount of representation each state has in Congress
