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Magna Carta
charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede. Original constitution -
Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement. 104 men came to America -
Mayflower Compact Was Written
The first governing document of Plymouth Colony. Written by male passengers -
Petition of Right
a major English constitutional document. It set liberties the king prohibited from infringing -
English Bill of Rights
sets out certain basic civil rights. Clarifies who would be next for the crown. -
Albany Plan of Union
a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies. Suggested by Benjamin Franklin -
American Revolution begins
A fight for the thirteen colonies to get independence from Britain -
Stamp Act
an act that proposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed in Boston -
Boston Tea Party
a protest by the Sons of Liberty because of the tax on the tea -
Intolerable Acts
punitive laws passed by the British Parliament. It was meant to punish Massachusetts colonists -
First Continental Congress
a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies -
Second Continental Congress
a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies -
Declaration of Independence
an announcement of America's separation from Great Britain -
Articles of Confederation
agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America -
Shay’s Rebellion
an uprising in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis -
Philadelphia Convention
to revise the Articles of Confederation -
Connecticut Compromise
an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention
