Leading Up to the Ratification of the US Constitution

Signing of the Magna Carta

Jun 15, 1215

-means "Great Charter"
-series of written promises
-an attempt to stop the king

First Colony Founded

Mar 30, 1607

-founded to make money
-founded by London Company
-Jamestown, Virginia

Signing of the Petition of Right

Jun 7, 1628

-asked for a settlement pf Parliament's complaints
-England
-1 of 4 great charters of British liberty

Last Colony Founded

Mar 30, 1732

-founded by James Oglethorpe
-called Georgia after King George
-was an unpopulated part of Carolina
-Georgia

Albany Plan of Union

Apr 10, 1754

-plan to get a more centralized government
-first important proposal
-for British North American Colonies

Stamp Act Congress convenes

Oct 30, 1765

-New York City
-9 colonies sent delegates to meet
-protested the king's actions

Stamp Act goes into Effect

Nov 1, 1765

-infuriated colonists
-first direcct tax
-on all printed materials

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

-killing of 5 colonists
-involved Royal troops
-Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

-destruction of tea
-46 tons of tea were destroyed
-hundreds of colonists were involved

First Continental Congress

Oct 15, 1774

-meeting of delegates
-early in the American Revolution
-12 of 13 colonies met
-Philadephia, Pennsylvania

Start of the American Revolution

Jun 19, 1775

-sugar, stamp, & towshend acts led up to it
-"taxation without representation"
-at Lexington & Concord

Signing of Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

-declared independence from England
-was issued in several forms
-Thomas Jefferson was the author
-Philadephia

Shay's Rebellion

Mar 30, 1786

-alarmed politicians
-farmers took up space in several states
-tried to capture the arsenal
-Massachusetts

The GReat Compromise of 1787

Apr 16, 1787

-greatest debate
-smaller states favored the New Jersey Plan
-larger states favored the Virginia Plan
-Philadephia

US Constitution is signed

Jul 17, 1787

-39 delegates signed
-supreme law of US
-55 men attended
-Philadephia

New Congress Meets

Mar 4, 1789

-consisted of the US Senate and US Representatives
-called Bill of Rights
-Congress passed 10 amendments
-New York City

Washington is Inagurated

Apr 30, 1789

-1st president of US
-took place in the Federal Hall
-New York City

Last State ratifies The Constitution

May 29, 1790

-Rhode Island was last
-was only colony not to attend Constitutional Convention
-Anti-Federalists