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Magna Carta
A document consitituing a fundemental guarantee of rights; 3 privileges -
Jamestown Settled
In Virginia, first settlement in North America. Was named after King James I of England. -
Mayflower Compact written
First governing document of plymouth colony. Was written by separalist congregationalist who called themselves saints. -
Petition of Right
Is a major english constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of subject that the king is prohibited from infringing -
English Bill of Rights
Is the first ten amendments to the constitution. Provides freedom to citizens and limit the power of the government. -
Albany Plan of Union
Was a proposal to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies, suggested by Ben Franklin. -
Stamp Act
An act of the British Parliament that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing stamp duty on newspapar and legal & commercial documents. -
Boston Massacre
Was a street fight that was between "patriot" mob, throwing stones and stick, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonist were killed. -
Boston Tea Party
An act of defiance toward the British government by American colonists, it took place in 1773 before the Revolutionary War. -
Intolerable Acts
Was the American Patriots name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. -
American Revolution begins
Colonies won their independence. -
2nd Constitution Congress
Was a convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies. After warfare in American Rev. War had begun. -
1st Continental Congress
Was a meeting of delegates from tweleve of the thirteen colonies that met on Sep. 5th to Oct 26th, 1774 at Corpenters Hall. Early in American Revoution. -
Decleration of Independence
Formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring freedom of the 13 colonies from Great Britian. -
Articles of Confederation
The original constitution of the U.S. ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the U.S. Constitution in 1789. -
Shay's Rebellion
An uprising led by a former militia officer, Daniel Shay, brokeout in western Massachusetts in a courthouse because of financial difficulties brought about by a post-war, economic depression, a credit squeeze caused by a lack of hard currency, and fiscally harsh government policies instituted. -
Constitution Convention
Is a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution of revising an existing convention -
Philadelhpia Convention
The gathering that drafted the constitution of the U.S. All states could send delgates. -
Connecticut Compromise
Was an agreemnet that large and amll states reached during constitution convention.
