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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Signed by the king of Britian King John, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons. -
Jamestown settled
The first long running colony it faced a high mortality rate of over 80 percent during 1610-1611 but also established a good relationship with the native amercans -
Mayflower compact written
The first government document by the settlers of plymouth the pilgrams mainly focusing on the religious freedom that they pursued -
Petition of right
Sets the rights of the people that the king cannot infringe apond. -
English Bill of Rights
Set up the rights of parliment with freedom of speech elections and limiting the monarchy's power -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin -
Stamp Act
When britian put a tax on the US stamps and other printed material -
Boston Massacre
When protests in boston gave way to a mob leading to 5 deaths. this event was then used as propaganda aginast the British -
Boston tea party
A large group of rebelious colonists dressed as indians and dumped a ton of british tea into Boston Harbor -
Intolerable Acts
A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party meant to punish the colonists for the tea party. -
First Continental Congress
The first meeting of representatives of 12 of the 13 colonies -
American Revolution begins
The War that won america it's independence began argueablly at bunker hill but was declared in feburary of that year. -
Second continintal congress
Had representatives from all 13 colonies and helped figure the war effort and adopt the declaration of independence -
Declaration of Independence
The document that the united states used to break away from great Britian and become one new nation. -
The articles of Confederation
This served as a temporary constitution for the first 13 states until it was ratified in 1781 -
Shay's Rebellion
A rebellion in Massachutes, stoped by a local millitia that gained national attention and caused the government to better equip itself so that it could suppress further rebeliions -
Philedelphia Convention
THe meeting where the constitution was signed and the united states decided to create its own government. -
Conneticut Comprimise
This convention established that each state could rule itself but that the over arching nation would be allowed to weigh in and that each state wuld have 2 representatives at the national level
