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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
it cluded such fundamental rights as trail by jury and due process of law -
Jamestown Found
was founded with the first permanent English settlement in North American at Jamestown in 1607 -
french and indian war
the French been defeated and their power broken in the french and Indian war -
King George III Is King
came to the throne in 1760
was crowned king September 22, 1761 -
Stamp Acts
Parliament had passed a number of new Law.
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Boston Massacre
The British troops in Boston fired on a jeering crowd -
Boston tea party
The Tea Party was the culmination of a resistance movement throughout British America against the Tea Act, which had been passed by the British Parliament in 1773 -
1st Continental Congress
First Continental Congress discussed the worsening situation and debated plans for action -
2nd Contintal Congress
The 2nd Continental Congress met in Philadelphia