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Period: Sep 4, 1200 to
Forging the American Dream
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Jul 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Magna Carta was a charter created in order to protect the people against heavy-handed and arbitrary acts done by the king as well as establish fudamental rights as trail by jury and due process law. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony. It was written by separastist Congregationalisy "Saints" whom later were called Pilgrims. They had gone to the new world fleeing from religious persecution in England. -
Petition of Right
The Petition of Right limited the king's power, stating that he cannot imprision/punish anyone but by lawful judgement of his peers. It also said that the king could not impose material law in time of peace or impose a requirement of homeowners to shelter troops without the homeowner's consent. -
Navigation Act
The Navigation Act was designed in order to tighten the government's control over the trade between England, its colonies, and the rest of the world. It restricted the English ships and their right to carry goods. This act helped to start the American Revolution. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights created separation of powers, limiting the power of the king and queen. As well as dealing with the power of royalty, it helped to enhance demoncratic election and bolstered freedom of speech. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 followed Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America and forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalchian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar act was a law passed by the British Parliament which raised the duties on foreign refined sugar that was imported by colonies. It was meant to give the British sugar growers in the West Indies a monopoly on colonial market. -
Stamp ACt
The Stamp Act was a law passed that required the use of tax stamps on all legal documents, certain business agreements, and newspapers. According to the people, it was percievered as severe. -
Coercive Act
The Coercive Act was a series of British measures meant to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party disaster. They closed the port of Boston until the destruction of tea was paid back, to name one measurement that was taken. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies. They met at Carpenter's Hall in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania to petition the British government for multiple grievances, and, without meaning to, began the start to the American Revolution. -
First Shots Fired at Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the American Revolution, taken place in Massachusetts. British troops had moved in to seize control of the colonists' military supplies and arrests revolutionaries. Thanks to the warning of Paul Revere, Minutemen and American volunteers were able to fight back the troops and send them retreating. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegrates of the thirteen colonies after the battle at Lexington and Concord. There, they managed war efforts, seized arsenals, drove royal officals out, and besiged the British army. This was all done with the help of the appointed general, George Washington. -
Declaration of Independence Signed
The Declaration of Independence was a document that declared the thirteen colonies' freedom from Britain. Though it was formally decalred on July 2nd and approved by the congress on July 4th, it wasn't signed until August 2nd. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was the raid and destruction of 700 chests of tea into the water of Boston Harbor from three British ships. This action was done by Sons of Liberty disguised as indians in protest of the British taxes on tea and the monoploy granted to East India companies.
