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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
a.) signed by King John, it was signed in England
b.) They had the rights against unlawful imprisonment -
Mayflower Compact
a.) To prevent dissent amongst Puritans and non-separatist pilgrams -
English BIll of rights
a.) Convention Parliment and William and Mary
b.) Freedom of speech in Parliment, right to petition the monarch without fear of retribution -
Petition of Rights
a.) no taxes may be levied without consent of parliment, no subject may be imprisoned without cause
b.) Charles I -
Albany PLan of Union
a.) by represenatives from 7 of the British North American colonies
b.) it was never carried out
c.) a broken up snake with the colonies titled on pieces
d.) Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette -
French and Indian War
a.) Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, Sweden
b.) Treaty of Paris, French surrender Montreal
c.) The British -
King George III takes power
a.) the relationship changed for the worse because of independence and taxation without representation -
Stamp act
a.) papers, legal documents, licenses and newspapers
b.) Virgina House of Burgesses adopted Patrick Henry's stamp act resolves -
Boston Massacre
a.) 5 British colonists and 1 African American named Attucks Crispus
b.) it was to enfocrce the tax burden imposed by the Townshed Acts -
Boston Tea party
a.) the sons of liberty
b.) British responded with more taxes (intolerable acts)
you can find many more facts about the Boston Tea party here! -
Intolerable Acts
a.) Boston Tea Party
b.) British closed all of Boston's ports until colonists payed for tea. British restricted colonists to have any town meetings, and forced them to house british troops. -
First Continental Congress
a.) George Washington, Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Edmund Pendleton, Benjamin Harrison, Richard Bland and Peyton Randolph
b.) a plan of union
c.) Carpenters Hall, seat of Pennsylvania congress -
Lexington and Concord
a.) Revolutionary war basically begins
b.) British generals- William Howe, Henry Clinton, and General Burgoyne. Colonies- Benedict Arnold
c.) Paul Revere warned colonists that the British were coming -
Second Continental Congress
a.) Philadelphia, Pa
b.) continental army, olive branch petition
c.) John Adams, King George III
visit this site to learn more about the Olive Branch Petition! -
Articles of Confederation
a.) John Hanson
b.) winning the war, negotiating the peace treaty, passing northwest, inable to create unity, failure to equip the government, unable to provide resources
this video furthur explains the articles of confederation -
Declaration of Independence
a.) Thomas Jefferson
b.) preamble, grievances, consequences -
The treaty of Paris
a.) John Adams, Ben Franklin, John Jay
b.) province of Quebec, 13 colonies
c.) independence of the US -
start of Constitutional Convention
a.) tried to bring a more powerful, more financial government
b.) establishing the united states as a federation
