History

Early U.S. Timeline

  • Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    It established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility.
  • Petition of Right

    Petition of Right
    It is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing.
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights
    It limited the power of the English sovereign and was written as an act of Parliament
  • Albany Plan of Union

    Albany Plan of Union
    The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The British troops fired on a jeering crowd killing five. This is what was known as the Boston Massacre
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    A group of colonists protest thirteen years of increasing British oppression, by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    It was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met together.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress
    A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and soon after started the American Revolutionaary War.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    This was the first document that was written and is still used today
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation
    The Continental Congress adopted this. It was the first Constitution in the U.S.
  • Shay's Rebellion

    Shay's Rebellion
    It was an armed uprising that took place in Massachusetts
  • Philadelphia Convention

    Philadelphia Convention
    There was a contest between a weaker presidency or a stronger, independent, co-equal President
  • Virginia Plan

    Virginia Plan
    It was a proposal by the Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch.
  • New Jersey Plan

    New Jersey Plan
    It was also known as the Small State Plan. It was a proposal for the structure of the U.S. Government.