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Jun 12, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta is a charter established by King John of England to make peace between the king and a group of rebeling barons. It promised church rights, swift justice, lowered feudal payments, and protection for barons from illegal imprisionment. -
Jamestown Settled
First successful English Colony. -
Mayflower Compact
The first governing document of Plymouth Colony -
Petition of Right
English constitutional document that stops the King from infringing on specific liberties. -
English Bill of Rights
Created seperation of powers of the king and queen. -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a purposal to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies first presented by Benjamin Frankin. -
Stamp Act
A act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies and required that many printed be produced on stamped paper made in London. -
Boston Massacre
Known as the Incident on King Street in Britain, British soldiers killed five male citizens and injured six others dispite being there to protect colonial officals, rising tension caused the soldiers to form a mob and fire in the crowd. -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston where protesters destroyed a shipment of tea sent by the East India Company in protest of the Tea Act. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party, It took away Massachusetts's self-government and historic rights causing outrage in the thirteen colonies. -
First Continental Congress
Meeting of twelve of the thirteen colonies to show formed authority. -
Second Continental Congress
a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War. The second congress was a massive step towards independence. -
Declaration of Independence
A statement adopted at the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia that stated that the thirteen colonies were newly indepent sovereign states. -
Articles of Confederation
An agreement among all thirteen original states that served as the first constitution of the United States. -
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Shay's Rebellion
An armed uprising in Massachusetts of four thousand farmers led by war verteran Daniel Shay's. -
Connecticut Compromise
An agreement that large and small states that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution -
Philadelphia Convention
Convention held to fix the problems of the Articles of Confederation in hopes of creating a more unified government.
The convention ended with the creation of the United States Constitution. -
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Constitution Convention
Held to address problems in governing the United States of America due to operating under the Articles of Confederation .
