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Period: Jan 26, 1200 to
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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Magna Carta (Latin: "the Great Charter"), also called Magna Carta Libertatum (Latin: "the Great Charter of the Liberties"), is a charter issued by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. http://www.google.com/#safe=active&q=magna+carta+definition -
Petition of Right
The Petition of Right is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. http://www.google.com/search?safe=active&biw=1607&bih=792&noj=1&q=petition+of+right+&oq=petition+of+right+&gs_l=serp.3..0l10.8032.15834.0.16469.13.13.0.0.0.1.252.1352.1j7j1.9.0.msedr...0...1c.1.61.serp..5.8.1144.KBGgxRCINiI&safe=active&surl=1 -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights is an English precursor of the constitution, along with the Magna Carta and the petition of Right. The English Bill of Rights limited the power of the English sovereign, and was written as an act of Parliament. http://www.google.com/#safe=active&q=what+is+the+english+bill+of+rights -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, then a senior leader (age 48) and a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany Congress in July 1754 in Albany, New York. http://www.google.com/#safe=active&q=aLBANY+pLAN+OF+uNION -
Boston Massacre
A squad of British soldiers, come to support a sentry who was being pressed by a heckling, snowballing crowd, let loose a volley of shots.
The Boston Massacre is remembered as a key event in helping to galvanize the colonial public to the Patriot cause.
Article Details: Boston Massacre Author History.com Staff Website Name History.com Year Published 2009 Title Boston Massacre URL http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre Access Date January 26, 2015 -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts in 1774 and pushed the two sides closer to war.
Article Details: Boston Tea Party Author History.com Staff Website Name History.com Year Published 2009 Title Boston Tea Party URL http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party Access Date January 26, 2015 Publisher A+E Networks -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. http://www.google.com/#safe=active&q=first+continental+congress -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. http://www.google.com/#safe=active&q=second+continental+congress -
Declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence is the usual name of a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. http://www.google.com/#safe=active&q=what+is+the+declaration+of+independence -
Articles of Confederation
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777. However, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1, 1781. http://www.google.com/#safe=active&q=articles+of+confederation -
Shay's Rebellion
Shays’ Rebellion is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt. Although farmers took up arms in states from New Hampshire to South Carolina, the rebellion was most serious in Massachusetts, where bad harvests, economic depression, and high taxes threatened farmers with the loss of their farms. Article Details: Shays’ Rebellion Author History.com Staff Website Name History.com -
Virginia Plan
(also known as the Randolph Plan, after its sponsor, or the Large-State Plan) was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention. http://www.google.com/#safe=active&q=virginia+plan -
New Jersey Plan
(Also known as the Small State Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presnted by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention. http://www.google.com/search?safe=active&biw=1607&bih=792&noj=1&q=new+jersey+plan&oq=nEW+j&gs_l=serp.3.0.0i67l2j0i3l2j0l6.2590556.2593333.0.2595053.5.5.0.0.0.0.294.1087.2-4.4.0.msedr...0...1c.1.61.serp..1.4.1058.S54iGWQfL4A&safe=active&surl=1 -
Philadelphia Convention
(also known as the Philadelphia Convention,[1]:31 the Federal Convention,[1]:31 or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia) took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Convention_(United_States)
