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Jun 15, 1215
magna carta
Charter agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede to make peace between the unpopular king and a group of rebel barons. -
Jamestown Settled
village in E Virginia: first permanent English settlement in North America -
Mayflower Compact
agreement reached by the Pilgrims on the ship the Mayflower just before they landed at Plymouth Rock. -
Petition of rights
English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. -
English Bill of Rights
Creates the separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election pollsters freedom of speech. -
Albany Plan Of Union
Plan to create a unified government for the 13 colonies. This was suggested by Benjamin Franklin -
Stamp act
New tax was imposed on American colonists and required that they pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Boston Massacre
British Army Soldiers killed 5 civilian men and injured 6 others. commoners were protesting high taxes. -
Boston Tea Party
In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board 3 British tea ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. -
intolerable Acts
passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. the first was Boston Port Bill and it closed the Boston Harbor, next was the Administration of Justice Act became effective May 20th and it did not allow British soldiers to be tried in the colonies, last was Quebec Act was established, This act extended the Canadian borders to cut some of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Virginia.s for any crimes, -
first continental congress
A meeting of delegates from the 12 of the 13 colonies that met at carpenters' hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They met to consider options, including an economic boycott of British trade. -
American Revolution Begins
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Declaration of Independence
Document to declare independence from Great Britain. -
second continental congress
The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence -
Articles Of Confederation
The original constitution of the United States. -
shay's rebellion
A series of protests by american farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt. -
Connecticut Compromise
This established a two-house legislature. -
philadelphia convention
they drafted the constitution. -
Constitution Convention
The intention of the convention was to revise the Articles of Confederation but the result was the creation of the United States Constitution.
