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Magna Carta
Magna Carta is a charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede. It was known as the “great charter” of English liberties. -
Petition of Right
It is a major English constitutional document that states specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from trepassing. -
English Bill of Rights
It was a formal statement of the fundamental rights of the citizens of the U.S. It was incorporated in the Constitution as the first ten ammendments, and appeared in all state constitutions. -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a proposal to create one total government for the Thirteen Colonies. It was suggested by Benjamin Franklin and a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany Congress in Albany, New York. -
Boston Massacre
It was a street fight that occurred between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, sticks, and stones, and a group of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this event led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the fury within the citizens. -
Boston Tea Party
It was an act of defiance toward the British government by American colonists before the Revolutionary War. The London government gave a British company the right to sell tea directly to the thirteen colonies, weakening American merchants. -
First Continental Congress
It was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This occured early within the American Revolution. -
Second Continental Congress
It was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Soon after this warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. -
Declaration of independence
An important document establishing the United States as a nation. The Declaration of Indepence was ordered and approved by the Continental Congress and was mainly written by Thomas Jefferson. -
Articles of Confederation
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States in 1777, but the ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not go into action until March 1, 1781. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shays's Rebellion was a rebellion led by a former militia officer by the name of Daniel Shays. This event took place in western Massachusetts. Shays's followers protested the foreclosures of farms for having debt and causing a shut down of the court system. -
Virginia Plan
The Virginia Plan (the Randolph Plan/Large-State Plan) was a suggestion by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was conscripted by James Madison to assemble at the Constitutional Convention. -
New Jersey Plan
Also known as the Small State Plan or the Paterson Plan was a suggestion for the structure of the United States Government. It was presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention. -
Lincoln Assassination
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, he began serving on March 1861. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. -
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
This stock market was an enormous decrease in stock prices on the stock exchanges of Wall Street in late October 1929. This crash began the Great Depression. -
The Great Depression
This event was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade after World War II. The actual timing of the Great Depression varied across nations. In most countries it started in 1930 and lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s. -
Pearl Harbor Bombing
A major United States naval base in Hawaii that was attacked without warning by the Japanese air force. It caused a great loss of American lives and ships. -
"I have a dream" speech
A speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., given at a large rally in Washington, D.C., to the supporters of the civil rights movement. -
9/11
When Islamic terrorists, believed to be part of the Al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial airplanes and crashed two of them into the World Trade Center in New York City. A third airplane into the Pentagon in Virginia. The final, fourth plane crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania.
