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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carter
The magna carta included such fundamentals rights as having the right to obtain a trial by jury and due process of law protectin against arbitrary taking of life, liberty, or property. -
Jamestown Settlement
Living history museum operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Located near the site of Jamestown, the first successful English settlement on the Maionland of North America. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Pylmouth Colony. -
Petition of Rights
The document demanded that the king no longer imprison or otherwise punish any person but by the lawful judgmement of his peers, or by the law of the land. -
English Bill of RIghts
An act that the Parliament of England. -
Albany Plan of Union
The first attempt at unification of the American Colonies. -
First Continental Congress
This was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia. -
Second Continental Congress
This event was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met in the summer, in Philadelphia.
