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Established the principle that everyone is subject to the law, even the king, and guarantees the rights of individuals, the right to justice and the right to a fair trial
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The settling of Jamestown was the first English settlement in North America.
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The first governing document written by colonist of the Plymouth Colony for fair and equal laws
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Composed by the English parliament because the people wanted more say and power
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Creates separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, and enhances the democratic election
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Plan to unite the American colonies in a way that had never been done before. Although it failed, it foreshadowed the unification of the United States in the future
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A law passed by parliament to tax all paper in order to help British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War
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A street fight between a "patriot" mob that left 5 civilians dead at the hands of the British Redcoats, which also sparked the colonists' desire for American independence
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Direct protest by colonists in Boston against the Tea tax that had been imposed by the British government
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Punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party in order to punish the Massachusetts colonist for their defiance
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Meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. They ultimately agreed to impose an economic boycott on British trade, and they drew up a Petition to the King pleading for redress of their grievances and repeal of the Intolerable Acts.
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The "gunshot heard round the world" which signaled the start of the American Revolution
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The congress which authorized the issuance of the Declaration of Independence and then after formed an army of their own
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The official document which declared the American colonies' independence from Britain. It was the start of the United States
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First constitution of the United States which specified the functions of the national government after the US declared independence from Britain
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The ending of the Revolutionary war with effective American victory, followed by formal British abandonment of any claims to the United States with the Treaty of Paris in 1783
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Organized protests by farmers in western Massachusetts against the debt and tax collection practices of the state's government
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Also known as the Great Compromise, was the agreement that state representation be based on population
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Convention intended to revise the Articles of Confederation, however, resulted in the creation of a new government- the US Constitution
