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Jun 19, 1215
Magna carta
Citizens made King John sign the Magna Carta
*was put in place so that the king could not wrong fully imprison his people
*to prtoect the Barons -
Period: Jun 19, 1215 to
Forging The American Dream Timeline
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Mayflower Compact
The first document from the Plymouth Colony -
Petition of Rights
A consitutional document written to take away power from King Charles I. -
Navigation Acts
A series of laws that restricted the use of foreign ships to trade between Britain and the 13 Colonies -
English Bill Of Rights
This put the Parliment in heavier control and took power from the King and gave it to the people. -
Proclamtion of 1763
This made it so there could be no settlements formed past a line drawn in the Appalachian mountains -
Sugar Act
Colonial merchants had to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses -
Stamp Act
A tax forced on all American colonists for every printed piece of paper. This includes legal documents, checks, logs , and much more. -
Boston Tea Party
The sons of liberty pushed ship loads of tea into the harbor as a political protest -
Coercive Acts
The British Parliment enabled 4 acts to punish the people for the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
12 delegates met in Philidelphia from September 5-October 26th at Carpenters hall in early Revolutionary War. -
Lexinton & Concord
An angry U.S. militia gets stormed by British troops, the militia kills 700 British soilders and wins the battle. -
Second Continental Congress
Delegates from the 13 colonies met in Philidelphia soon after the Revolutionary war had begun -
Declaration of Independence
American representatives signed a document that would make us free from Britain.
