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Jul 15, 1215
Magna Carta
-Written in 1215
-Document made to limit King’s power
-Promises people that they are entitled to their rights
-Allows access to a free trail -
Mayflower Compact
-Written in 1620
-Pilgrims needed a way to govern themselves in the new world -
English Bill of Rights
-Happened in 1689
-Britian needed new law to shift power
-Resulted in seperation of power
-Limits king & queen's powers -
English Bill of Rights
-In 1689
-Britain needed new laws to separate power
-Kind and queen had less power -
Cato's Letter's
-1720's
-Multiple anonymous people wrote letters criticizing the king and the law
-Gave good ideas for the American revolution -
French and Indian War
-In 1754
-A war between Britain and France
-People want to achieve more power and land in the new world -
Mercantilism
-In 1760
-An economic idea that trade creates wealth and is stimulated by the gathering of profitable balances
-Restrictions on how colonies spent their money -
Stamp Act
-Happened in 1765
-British parliament created taxes on newspapers and documents in American colonies
-Colonies repealed this act and that lead to revolutionary movement against the Crown. -
Declaratory Act
-In 1766
-Parliament passes a law that allowed them to make decisions for the colonies
-Results in multiple acts and many angry and upset people -
Townshend Act
-Happened in 1767
-Law that put heavy taxes on many British imported goods
-Colonists were angry because they were paying more -
Boston Massacre
-1770
-British soldiers killed several people while being harassed by an angry mob
-Influence revolution -
Tea Act
-In 1773
-Law taxes many imported goods coming into American colonies
-People were angry, one of the acts that lead to war -
Boston Tea Party
-Protest by the Sons of Liberty against the British
-Dumped many chests of tea into the ocean
-Boycott of British -
Intolerable Acts
-In 1774
-Multiple different acts
-After the Boston Tea Party, the British were very upset and passed multiple new acts that gave all power to them
-Colonists were angry too, lead them to form the continental congress -
1st Continental Congress
-1774
-Meeting between 12 of the 13 British colonies after the Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts
-Decided to have an economic boycott on British trade -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
-Happened in 1775
-The first battle of American revolution
-Made people chose sides -
2nd Continental Congress
-In 1775
-A meeting of people from the 13 colonies to decide on what to do after the battle of Lexington and Concord
-Over half wanted to break away from Britian -
Declaration of Independence
-Signed in 1776
-Thomas Jefferson and the founding fathers made a document declaring that the American Colonies were independent from Britain
-Colonies now represented themselves and were an independent nation -
Common Sense
-1776
-Pamphlet made to target the common colonists saying why they should breakaway
-Convinced colonists to break off from the British
