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Period: 1215 to 1225
Magna Carta
King John was under threat of war so he made right for the people. -
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Jamestown settled
A boat of men came from Britain to try to expand the kingdom and find riches but that's not what happened. -
Mayflower
Agreement for the new settlers in Plymouth. -
Petition of right
" English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state..." -
English Bill of Rights
The bill outlined specific constitutional and civil rights and ultimately gave Parliament power over the monarchy. -
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Albany Plan of Union
It was a meeting that was trying to get British North American colonies to join one government. -
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Stamp Act
an act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents). -
Boston Massacre
A fight in the street that caused lots of death and paved way for the American Revolution. -
Boston Tea Party
"...frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor." -
Intolerable Act
The king made serval acts like closing the dock to punish the people who spilled the tea. -
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First Continental Congress
was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. -
Second continental Congress
was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia in May 1775, soon after the launch of the American Revolutionary War. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met between September and October of 1774. -
American Revolution
Americans and British battle in Lexington. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence states the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based. -
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Articles of Confederation
Was the first written constitution for the United States. -
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Shays' rebellion
The farmers who fought in the Revolutionary War had received little compensation, and by the 1780s many were struggling to make ends meet. Then the farmers were arrested. -
Connecticut compromise
provided a dual system of congressional representation. In the House of Representatives, each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population. -
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Philadelphia convention
Set up the Presidence.