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Oct 1, 1215
Magna Carta
The first document to challenge the authority of the king, subjecting him to the rule of the law and protecting his people from feudal abuse. -
Jamestown
The first settlemnt of Virginia colony. -
Mayflower Compact
The first governing document of Plymouth Colony. The first written frame work. -
Petition of Right
English Constitution document that sets out specific liberties of the subject. -
Albany Plan of Union
Proposed by Benjamin Franklin and called for the formation of a permantent federation of the American colonies. -
Stamp Act
A direct tax imposed by the British. -
Boston Masacre
A mob of Merican colonists gather at the Customs House in Boston and begin giving the British soldiers a hard time. -
Boston Tea Party
Political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston.It was against the British Government and the East India Company. Officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of tea. -
First Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from 12 British North American colonies. They were to punish the participants of the Boston Masacre. -
Intolerable Acts
Names used to describe a series of laws passed by the British. -
Second Continelntal Congress
A convention of delegates that produced the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. -
American Revolution begins
Political conflict during the last half of the 18th century. Thirteen colonies in North America joined together. -
Declaration of Independence
Nation's most cherished symbol of Liberty. -
Declaration of Independence
Nation's most cherished symbol of Liberty. Mentioned the thirteen states in the U.S. -
Articles of Confederation
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Constitution Convection
55 delegates from several statesmet to frame a constitution for a federal republic that would last into "remote futurity". -
Philedelphia Convention
Address problems in the United Stastes. -
Connecticut Compromise
A compromise adopted at the constitutional convention. Providing the states with equal representation in the Senate and in the House of Represenatives. -
English Bill of Rights
Document contained the rights that all citizens should have in a free and democratic society.
