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Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was a charter by King John of England. The sole purpose of the document was to create peace between the king and the rebel group. -
Jamestown Settled
This was first settled by Britain in1607. James Fort" on May 4, 1607. It was later named James Fort and considered permanent after brief abandonment in 1610, it followed several earlier failed attempts, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Jamestown served as the capital of the colony for 83 years, from 1616 until 1699. -
Mayflower Compact Written
It was the first governering document of Plymouth. It was written by separatist Congregationalists who called themselves "Saints". Later they were referred to as Pilgrims or Pilgrim Fathers. They were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of England. They traveled aboard the Mayflower in 1620 along with adventurers, tradesmen, and servants, most of whom were referred to by the Separatists as "Strangers". -
Petition of Right
This English dccument was created so that the king is prohibited from infringing. It contains policies which restarains belittling soldiers, use of martial law, imprisonment without cause, and non parlimentary taxing. -
English Bill of Rights
This bill of the British Parliment deals woth constitutional matters and lays out basic civil rights. The bills sets out restrictions to the king and gives rights to parliment. -
Albany Plan of Union
It was a plan that was created to compose a unified government for the thirteen colonies within the United States. It was plan for defense of any purpose or important purposes. -
American Revolution begins
The colonies and Britian finally hit a break point -
Stamp Act
This was an act created by British Parliment that imposed direct tax on the colonies that required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. Printed materials included legal documents, magazines, playing cards, newspapers and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
This was an incident in which British soldiers kill 5 American prostetors. The soldiers were posted in Boston to enforce the Parliamentary legislation. Many civillians gathered around and began to protest the unpopular policy with verbal and physical abuse. Which lead to the soldiers defending themselves. The event was heavily propagandized by Paul Revere and Samuel Adams to fuel rebellion towards the British. -
Boston Tea Party
This was an act of political protest in Boston. It was carried out by the Sons of Liberty whom they dumped barrels of tea from British trade ships into the port. -
First Continental Congress
This was a meeting of 12 delegates from all thirteen colonies in America. They met at Carpenter's Hall in Philidelphia. The reason for the meeting was to discuss the passing of Coercive Acts from British Parliment. This Act was set due to the Boston Tea Party. -
Intolerable Acts
This was a term used by the American Patriots for a series of laws passed by British Parliment after the Boston Tea Party. They were meant to punish Massachusetts residenta for their defiance for throwing large shipments of tea into the Boston harbor. In Great Britain, these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts. -
Second Contiental Congress
This was a meeting of thirteen delegates from all thirteen colonies. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It delcared The American Revolutionary War. It helped America forward to Independence. -
Declaration of Independence
This bill is statement written in Philadelphia which declares our independence from Britian. They also decided to make the colonies into a country calling the United States of America. Thomas Jefferson was appointed to write the original draft. The bill was signed by 56 delegates. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was used as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
Shay's Rebellion
This was a protest named after revoluitonary was veteran Daniel Shay, leader of the rebellion. The protest was stirred up in Massachusetts due to economic injustices and suspension of civil rights in the state, The rebellion was quelled by a secret miltia from the government. This lead to an increase in national security. -
Philadelphia Convention
The convention was originally intended to revise the Articlles of Confederation. The chief leaders, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, decided to create a new government rather than fix the existing one. -
Constitution Convection
The original intention of this convection was revise the articles of the confederation. Instead, cheif in command James Madison and Alexander Hamilton created a new Government. -
Conneticut Comprise
This was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.
