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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
magna cartaThanks to an unsuccessful foreign policies and heavy taxation demands, England's King John was facing down a possible rebellion by the country's powerful barons. -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta Sealed
Magna Carta SealedKing John puts his royal seal on the magna carta or "Great Charter". It was a peace treaty between John and the barons, Just to stop the feudal law. -
Jun 19, 1215
Magna carta Who, where, and when signed it.
Who signed it?John of England signed it in England. Respect certain legal procedures, and accepts that his will could be band by the law. -
Mayflower Compact
Mayflower CompactWas to ensure that the settlers who came off the mayflower and landed at Plymoth Rock would establish a fair government ruled by majority. -
English Bill of Rights
Bill of RightsWilliam and Mary signed the Bill of Rights.
It lays down limits on the powers of the crown and sets out the rights of paraliment. -
Albany Plan of Union
Albany Plan Benjamin Franklin was the one of who suggested the plan. Yes the northern, mid atlantic and others did this plan so they could defend themselves , related to the French and Indian War. Savenhaven is associated with this meeting. -
French and Indian War
BritishFrench and Indian WarFrench and Indian War
Great Britain, the French, and the American Indians were the major players in this war.
The Battle of Fort Frontenac is the major battle..
The British won the battle because they capture quebec. -
Stamp Act
Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used, which is any paper.
The people who had to pay tax were against it, but had to pay until the Virginia House of Burgesses adopted Patrick Henry's Stamp Act Resolves. -
Boston Massacre
Boston MassacreBoston Massacre There were 5 killed as civilians. British Redcoats come and go as they please Tea, if it were Dutch Tea (Dutch smugglers brought cheaper, untaxed tea). They typically took somewhat more of the possessions of the Colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston tea partyThe Tea Party movement was the one tht organized the event. The British fought back by killing 5 civilians.. -
Intolerable Acts
Interlerable ActsThe British Parliament enacts the Coercive Acts, to the outrage of American Patriots.
The Coercive Acts are the series of the four acts and to punish the Bostonians by three British tea ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 crates of tea, nearly $1 million worth in today's money—into the water to protest the Tea Act. The Massachusetts had to close the area and pay the damages. -
First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress.First Continental Congress
Joseph Galloway, John Jay, and John Dickinson were the major personalities involved.
To establish the result of this meeting was to resolve the crisis and reconcile the colonies with England.
It took place at the Carpenter's Hall. -
King George III takes power
American RevolutionThe American Revolution was a political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. They first rejected the authority of the Parliament of Great Britain to govern them from overseas without representation, and then expelled all royal officials. By 1775 each colony had established a Provincial Congress or an equivalent governmental institution to go -
Lexington and Concord
Major GeneralThe first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
Joseph Warren was a major general.
Paul Revere was most famous for alerting the Colonial militia tht the British are coming. -
Declaration of Independence
videodeclaration of independenceWritten by Thomas Jefferson, adopted by second continental congress, states the reasons the British colonies sought Independence. -
Petition of Rights
petition of rightsOnce independence had been declared, in 1776, the American states turned immediately to the writing of state constitutions and state bills of rights. In Williamsburg, George Mason was the principal architect of Virginia's Declaration of Rights. That document, which wove Lockean notions of natural rights with concrete protections against specific abuses, was the model for bills of rights in other states and, ultimately, for the federal Bill of Rights. -
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation
Jon Hanson was the first president under the articles. -
2nd Continental Congress
2nd Continental Congress
The place took place in Philidelphia, PA.
They discuss next steps of the battle of lexington and concord; elected George Washington as commander in chief of the continental army.
The leaders are Patrick Henry, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson. -
Start of Constitution Convention
Start of Constitutional ConventionOn September 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States of America was signed by 38 of the 41 delegates present at the conclusion of the convention. As dictated by Article VII, the document would not become binding until it was ratified by nine of the 13 states.
