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Jun 27, 1215
Magna Charta
First document forced on to a king of England by a group of his colonies -
Jamestown Settled
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Mayflower Compact Written
first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America -
Petition of Rights
A major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from -
English Bill of Rights
an act of the parliament of England passed on December 16 -
Albany Plan of Union
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Stamp Act
Imposed a direct tax by the British paliament spcifiacally on the colonies be produced on stamped paper -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers killed five male civillians and injured six others -
Boston Tea Party
Political protest by the sons of Liberty in Boston -
Intolerable Acts
A series of punitive laws passed by the Bristish parliament -
First Continental Congress
A Convention of delagates from 12 colonies that at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania -
American Revolution begins
5 AM, 700 british troops march into Lexington to find 77 armed minute men under Captin John Parker -
Second Continental Congress
A convention of delagates form the 13 colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania -
Declaration of Independence
a statement adopted by the continental congress which announced that the 13 colonies are no longer a part of the British Empire -
Articles of Confederation
An agreement among 13 founding states that established the US as a confederation of soveriegn states -
Philadelphia Convention
Meeting held to address problems in governing the United States -
Shay's Rebellion
an armed uprising that took place in central and western massachusettes -
Constitution Convection
also known as Philadeohia -
Connecticut Compromise
an agreement that large and small states reached during the constitutional convention that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would
