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Period: Feb 2, 1200 to
Enlightenment American Revolution
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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Magna Carta was written by a group of 13th-century barons to protect their rights and property. The interests of the common man were hardly apparent in the minds of the men who brokered the agreement. -
Petition of Right
The petition focused on Charle's violation of the law. The king accepted the right but then broke it by continuing to violate the laws. -
English Bill of Rights
It limited the power of the English Sovereign, and was written as an act of Parliament. The Bill of Rights asserted that Englishmen had certain inalienable civil and political rights -
Albany Plan of Union
Plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. It was the first proposal to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole united under on government. -
Boston Massacre
It was the killing of 5 colonists by British Regulars. It was conflict over the prices of taxes. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists protested thirteen years of increasing British oppression, by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor. The British closed the port, and inflicted even harsher penalties. -
First Continental Congress
The Congress was attended by 55 delegates appointed by the legislatures of twelve of the thirteen colonies. Their petition was unsuccessful in halting enforcement of the Intolerable Acts. -
Second Continental Congress
Twelve of the thirteen colonies were present when the Second Continental Congress came together. They started having meeting in the summer of 1775. -
Declaration of Independence
It was drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776. The Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty. -
Article of Confederation
The ratification of the Articles of Confederation occured on March 1, 1781. It wasnt until March 4, 1789, that the Articles were replaced by the United States Constitutions. -
Shay's Rebellion
It was meant to reform the state government.It was caused by economic policy, agressive tax, and debt collection -
Philedelphia Convention
It took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America. -
Virginia Plan
The purpose of the Virginia PLan was to propose a structure of government to the Philadelphia Convention. It was Edmund Randolph, the Virginia governor at the time, who officially put it before the convention on May 29, 1787, in the form of 15 resolutions. -
New Jersey Plan
This plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan. This position reflected the belief that the states were independent entities.
