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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was written in 1215. At the time the king had the most power and he was controlling everyone so the Nobles wrote the Magna Carta so the king wouldn't have as much Authority and some of the rights of the nobles were protected.The Magna Carta took place in Runnymede.The outcome of this document was the Nobles finally had protection of their own laws and new Concepts were introduced like limited government, rule of law, and due process and it helped create the nation's Parliament. -
mercantilism
the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism. -
Mayflower compact
The Mayflower Compact was written in 1620. The Mayflower Compact was written by the pilgrims, they had arrived in what is now Massachusetts and did not know who the leader was so the Mayflower Compact was created to decide who was the leader. The outcome of the Mayflower Compact was that Indians and they finally had a government to decide what they're going to do they had a thing called self-government. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights was written in 1689. It was written by a parliament and it was written in England. Before the English Bill of Rights was written the parliament had been fighting a series of Civil Wars for King in England. For most people, this document is important because it limited the king's power is even more and it gave more freedom to the people and the Parliament. -
Cato's letters
Cato's letters were written in the 1720s. They were written by Cato the Elder/ Cato the younger. He would argue against the Kings rules. They were written in the colonial American newspapers. The importance of these articles was how it discussed many different ideas like freedom of expression, which became popular and influenced a lot of colonies. -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian War Started in 1754 and ended in 1763 with the Treaty of Paris. And this war for Great Britain and France They were deciding who would be the strongest power in North America the war allowed Great Britain to have more land in North America. -
stamp act
The Stamp Act was written in 1765 By the British Parliament. All American colonists had to pay taxes on every single piece of paper they printed. Soon right after the law was passed many American colonists started protesting and demanding they take that law down because they were enraged of how many taxes they had to start paying. -
declaratory Act
The declaratory Act was written in 1766 Which is written by the British Parliament right after the repeal of the Stamp Act. this event to place in great Britain, Before the declaratory act Britain had the Stamp Act which ones are all American colonists had to pay taxes on every single piece of paper they printed out. when the declaratory act came out Mini colonies and colonists we're excited and decided to celebrate the victory. -
Townshed acts
In 1767 the Townshend Acts was passed which were a whole bunch of laws that the British government had made. The Townshend Acts happened in Great Britain. The Townshend Act made the colonists pay new taxes and took away some of their freedom. the township Acts wasn't the best decision to place on American colonists many of them started boycotting the products because the taxes were too high on them. -
Boston Massacare
The Boston Massacre took place in Great Britain in 1770. The Boston Massacre was a confrontation between British soldiers And the American colonists during this battle the British soldiers aimed and resulting in many American colonists to die. The massacre brought about the passing of 5 people. English soldiers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony were there to stop showings against the Townshend Acts and maintain control, however, rather they incited shock. -
tea act
The Tea Act took place in Great Britain in 1773 written by the parliament. The Tea Act allowed ships to take tea directly to the 13 colonies instead of taking it to England first so that people could sell the tea directly from the ships to where they are they also still had taxes on the tea of course. After the Tea Act, many colonists were mad because the Tea Act messed with their right which was no taxation without representation -
Intolerable acts/coercive acts
The Intolerable acts/coercive acts Took place in 1774 In Great Britain and were made by the British Parliament. These acts were made to punish Massachusetts for throwing tea in the ocean in 1773 and it was also made to warn other colonies about what would happen as a punishment. These acts made colonists and colonies very mad and outraged because they were very harsh punishments. -
the first Continental congress
The First Continental Congress Took place in Great Britain in 1774. The First Continental Congress was the meeting between 12 out of the 13 states to talk about the coercive Acts their main goal what's to get the British government to remove the intolerable act by boycotting British goods. The importance of this was to boycott all British goods, therefore, causing the government to take away the intolerable acts. -
Lexington and concord
The battle between Lexington and Concord happened in 1775 in great Britain. This kicked off the start of the American revolution this war was important because it was the first war of the American revolution. -
second continential congress
The second continental congress took place in Philadelphia in 1775. They got together during the revolutionary war to write treaties Direct strategies and appoint diplomats. The outcome of this was the Articles of Confederation which America tried to make the constitution. -
cmmon sense
in 1776 Thomas Paine published a pamphlet called common sense which was written in Philadelphia. In 1700 the parliament began making more demands on the colonies and a lot of them were getting mad and made meetings and talked about breaking away from Britain. The importance of these pamphlets Thomas Paine wrote was to break down and explain the arguments that we're happening so that the colonists understood and he also encourages them to support and fight for there independence. -
declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776 And it was written in Philadelphia. The Declaration of Independence States why the colonies should break apart from Britain It also has a list of complaints in says why the rights of the citizens cannot be taken away and at the bottom People who wrote it sign their names. the outcome of the Declaration of Independence Was that it formed a time place called the United States of America.
