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Jun 15, 1215
Signing of The Magna Carta
Location-Runnymede
-The charter agreed to make peace between the unpopular kings and a group of rebel barons
-Agreed by King John of England
-Niether Sids stood by their commitments so it was anulled -
First Colony Founded
Location- Jamestown Virgina
-Was founded by john smith
-Became a state on junne 25, 1788
-Many peole who came there was to ecape religous persecution. -
Signing of the Petition of right
-sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing.
-It contains restriction on non parlimentry taxation, forced billeting of soilders and the use of martial law -its a major english constiitutional documment -
Impemention of English Bill of Rights
Location-Parliamentary Archives
-The Bill of Rights lays down limits on the powers of the monarch and sets out the rights of Parliament
-the Bill of Rights described and condemned several misdeeds of england
-The Bill of Rights dealt with constitutional matters and laid out basic rights. -
Last Colony founded
Location- Georgia
-founded by James edward
-it became a royal colony 1752
-Oglethorpe was a member of Parliament who was concerned about the atrocious and crowded conditions of the debtor's prisons, when he resolved to ship the inmates to America where there was plenty of room -
Albany plan of union
Location:Albany, NY
-The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government
-Although never carried out, the Albany Plan was the first important proposal to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole united under one government.
-it was important because It formed the basis of the Constitution -
Stamp act goes into effect
Location-Nyc
-was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax
-The Stamp Act was very unpopular among colonists,considered it a violation of their as englishmento be taxed without their consent
- It was the proverbial straw that broke the camels back and lead to the formation of the committees of correspondence during the colonial period that ultimately lead to the revolution -
Boston Massacre
Location- Boston Massachusetts
- street fight between a patriot mob and a squad of british soldiers
- key event in helping to galvanize the colonial public to the patriot cause
- turning point in the american revolution that helped unite the colonies -
Boston Tea Party
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Boarded ships and threw the crates of tea into the water
- resulted in the passage of the punitive coercive acts in 1774
- The british government responded with the american revolution -
First continental congress meets
location: philadelphia
- Discussed their responses to the British intolerable acts
- called for another continental congress
- Became the effective national government of the country -
second continental congress meets
Location:Philadelphia
- Managed the colonial war effort
- Adopted the U.S. declaration of independence
- It managed the colonial war effort and it incrementally towards independence adopting the declaration of independence -
Shay's rebellion
location: Massachusetts
- Uprising led by former militia officer Daniel shays
- Projected foreclosures of farms
- wanted the reform of state government -
Articles of confederation adopted
Location: York, Pennsylvania
- Written document that established the functions of the national government
- established a weak central government
- provide valuable lessons in self-government and calmed fears about the central government -
"league of friendship" signed
Location- ratified lastly bymaryland
- The Articles allowed each state one vote in the legislature.
- In spite of its successes and the good intention of its framers, the document had some weaknesses: it lacked an executive or judical system
- opposed to any type of national authority -
The great compromise of 1787
Location: connecticut
- defined the structure and representation that each state would have
- stated that each state would have two representatives
- Included in the U.S. constitution -
U.S. constitution is signed
Location: Philadelphia, pennsylvania
- happened in response to dissatisfaction with the articles of confederation
- implemented by a large body of constitutional law
- established America's national government and fundamental laws -
Washington Is inaugrated
Location- Federal Hall,Ny
-marked the commencement of the first four-year term of george washington
-first president of the U.S following the ratifiction of the constitution
-The inaugrated marked the commencment of the first four year term of george washington as president.
