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Jun 1, 1215
Magna Carta
King John signed the Magna Carta, It was singned in Runnymede. King John said he would govern England and deal with its people using federal law. The Magna Carta was the first document forced onto the King of England by a group of his subjects to limit his powers by law and protect their rights -
Mayflower Compact
Established a temporary, legal-binding form of self government until they could get formal permission from the council of New England. -
Petition of Rights
The Petition of Rights are a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from doing, and is a parliamentary declaration of the rights and liberties of the people. -
English Bill of Rights
King and Queen, WIlliam and Mary of Orange. Englishman had certain civil and political rights, but religious liberty was limited for non-protestants. The English Bill of Rights limited the power of English sovereign, and was written as an act of Parliament. -
Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin suggested the plan. The plan was never carried out. The popular political cartoon that was assossiated with this plan was "join or die" by Benjamin Franklin. -
French and Indian War
The major ones in the conflict were Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Sweden. Some of the major battles were Battle of Fort Necessity, Battle of Wilderness, Oswego, and Battle of Louisburg. Great Britain also won the French and Indian War. The French and Indian War was the North American conflict that was part of a larger imperial conflict between Great Britain and France. -
King George III takes power
The British did not expect the colonies to pay for the war. -
Stamp Act
Anything that has paper was taxed. Several mobs and crowds organized to protest against this and went as far as taring British legislatures. The stamp act is the raising in tax veneues to help delay the cost of the French and Indian War, -
Boston Massacre
5 colonists were killed. Taxation was being enforced which lead to this tragedy. was a street fight, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty organized the event, The American Revolution was the response to the event. -
Intolerable Acts
The Boston Tea Party caused the British to pass these acts. The provisions of these acts were tax on 5 laws passed by congress. The Intolerable Acts passed these to punish colonies for the Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. 56 delegates from all the colonies except Georgia drafted a declaration of rights. The declaration was established as a result of the meeting. -
Lexington and Concord
The results to this conflict were the first shots to start Revolutionary Law. The major generals involved were Col Smith, Lord Perey, Buttrick, and Robinson Barrett. Paul Revere shouted "The Brisith are Coming!" -
Second Continental Congress
Many of the 56 the attended the First Continental Congress also appeared at the Second too, Met in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. Some people involved were Peyton Randolph, Cyrus Griffin, and John Hancock. Video- http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-continental-congress -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independance. The first part is a statement of individual rights which states, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." The second part is a list against the King George III. Lastly, the third part is what separates the colonial governaments from the British governments. -
Articles of Confederation
John Hanson was the first president under the Articles of Confederation. Some strenghts of the Articles of Confederation were to declare war and make peace, borrow money, and to detail with foreign countries and sign treaties. Some weaknesses are it did not have the power to tax, it did not have the power to enforce laws, and each state could issue its own paper money. -
The Treaty of Paris
The people who represted the US by singing this are John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay. The US gained more of the west and was permitted use of the Mississippi River.
The Treaty of Paris is when they recognized it. -
Start of Constiturional Convention
This was a meeting at Annapolis, Maryland of 12 delegates from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia that called for a constitutional convention. It also limited trade or commerce between the largely independent states under the Articles of Confederation.
