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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Charta
Limited the kings powers and gave rights to the people -
Jamestown Settled
First successful English settledment -
Mayflower Compact Written
First attempt to establish a government. -
Petition of Right
A document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing Ex. non-parliamentary taxation; imprisonment without case -
English Bill of Rights
Lays down limits on the crown, sets out rights of parliament and freedom of speech etc. -
Albany Plan of Union
wantedto create a unified governmentof the 13 colonies. -
Stamp Act
Imposed a direct tax by the British parliament specifically on the colonies of British America -
Boston Massacre
British soilders killed five civillains and injured six others -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest against the tax policy -
First Continental Congress
The 12 colonies and discused what to do about Britain trying to punish them for the BstonTea Party -
Intorable Acts
a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament, issued after the Boston Tea Party related more towards Massachusettes -
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American Revolution
The 113 colonies of U.S. fight for freesom form British Parliament.. -
Second Continental Congress
They adopted the United States Declaration of Independence at this meeting. -
Declaration of Independence
The UnitedStates declaring independence from Britian -
Article of Confederation
First governmental focument of the U.S. but failed to establush a strong government -
Shay's Rebellion
Mostly veterns and farmers uprising because oftaxes and post war depression -
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Philadelphia Convention
To adress the problems in governing the United States, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation. -
Connecticut Compromise
An agreement that large and small states reached during the constitutional convention of 1787.
