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Period: Feb 2, 1200 to
Government
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Feb 2, 1215
Magna Cartna
Great charter forced upon king John of England by his barons in 1215: established the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial ny jury and due process of the nobility -
Petition of Right
A document prepared by parliament and signed by King Charles I of England in 1628. Challenged the idea of divine right of kings and declared that eveent the monarch was subject to the laws of the land -
English Bill of Rights
document written by parliament and agreed on bny william and mary of england in 1689,designed to prevent abuse of power by English monarchs -
Albany Plan of Union
plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade,military,and other purposes,the paln wass turned down by the colonies and the crown -
Boston Massacre
was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry -
Boston Tea Party
An act of defiance toward the British government by American colonists; it took place in 1773, before the Revolutionary War. The government in London had given a British company the right to sell tea directly to the colonies, thereby undercutting American merchants -
First Continental Congress
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Second Continental Congress
was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Declaration of Independence
The fundamental document establishing the United States as a nation, adopted on July 4, 1776. The declaration was ordered and approved by the Continental Congress and written largely by Thomas Jefferson. -
Articles of Confederation
plan of government adopted the continental congress after the american revolution:establised "a firm league of friendship" among the states, but allowed few important powers to the central governent. -
Shays Rebellion
An uprising led by a former militia officer, Daniel Shays, which broke out in western Massachusetts in 1786. Shays's followers protested the foreclosures of farms for debt and briefly succeeded in shutting down the court system -
Philadelphia Convention
The gathering that drafted the Constitution of the United States in 1787; all states were invited to send delegates. The convention, meeting in Philadelphia, designed a government with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches. -
Virginia Plan
Plan presented by delegates from Virigina at the constitutional convention:called for 3 branch government with a bicameral legislature in which each states memberships would be determined by its populationn or its financial support for the central government. -
New Jersey Plan
plan presented as an alternative to the virgina plan at the constitutional convention: called for a unicameral legislature in which each state would equally represnted.
