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Magna Carta
The Magna Carta limited the power of the King and gave more power to the people -
Jamestown
Settled in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London -
Mayflower Compact
Written on the mayflower in 1620 -
Petition of Right
Set guidelines for what the king can and can't do -
English Bill of Rights
Document that declared rights and liberties of people -
Albany Plan of Union
A plan to create a unified government of the thirteen colonies -
Stamp Act
British Law that made the colonies pay taxes on paper, paint, legal documents, and glass -
Boston Massacre
A group of British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists -
Boston Tea Party
Revolutionaries poured tea imported from Britain into the Boston Harbor -
Intolerable Acts
A series of punitive laws passed by Britain -
First Continental Congress
A meeting of twelve of the colonies to discuss the British -
American Revolution begins
Started with a shot by a minuteman in Concord, Massachusets -
Second Continental Congress
All thirteen colonies met and decided to fight the British -
Declaration of Independence
Document that declares the colonies separate from the British -
Articles of Confederation
The first constitution of the United States. It was agreed upon by all thirteen colonies. It was in affect from 1781 to 1789 -
Constitutional Convention
Also know as the Philadelphia convention -
Shay's rebellion
A series of protests in the colonies from 1786 to 1787 -
Connecticut Compromise
An agreement between large and small states about representation in the government -
Philadelphia Convention
Convention meant to fix the Articles of Confederation
