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Magna Carta
It was originally issued in Latin in 1215 and translated in French in 1219. Its also known as The Great Charter. -
Petition of Right
This is a statement of civil liberties sent by the English Parlament to Charles the first. It included, no taxes may be levied without consent of Parliament; no subject may be imprisoned without cause shown; no soldiers may be quartered upon the citizenry; martial law may not be used in time of peace -
English Bill Of Rights
The English Bill of Rights is an English precursor of the Constitution, along with the Magna Carta and the Petition of Right.The English Bill of Rights limited the power of the English sovereign, and was written as an act of Parliament. -
Albany Plan Of Union
The Albany Plan of Union, which is also called the Albany Plan, was a proposal from Ben Franklin in 1754. He proposed a constitution-like plan that would put all the colonies under one government. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several were killed and it led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773, took place when a group of Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea importation recently granted by Parliament to the East India Company, seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor. -
First Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. Carpenter's Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress. -
Second Continental Congress
On May 10, 1775, the members of the Second Continental Congress met at the State House in Philadelphia.There were several new delegates including: John Hancock from Massachusetts, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, and Benjamin Franklin from Pennsylvania. -
Decleration Of Independence
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument -
articles of confederatiom
The Articles were written during the early part of the American Revolution by a committee of the Second Continental Congress.Because of their experience with Great Britain, the 13 states feared a powerful central government. Consequently, they changed Dickinson's proposed articles drastically before they sent them to all the states for ratification in November 1777. -
First Continental Congress
The representatives gathered to discuss their response to the British "Intolerable Acts." They met to discuss their relationship with Britain, and how to assert their rights with the British government. -
shay rebellion
Shays' Rebellion threatened to plunge thedisunited state into a civil war. The rebellion arose in Massachusetts in 1786, spread to other states, and culminated in the rebels' march upon a federal arsenal. -
philadelphia convention
It took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787.They did it to address problems in governing the United States of America, -
New Jersey Plan
It is a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state. -
Virginia Plan
Drafted by James Madison, and presented by Edmund Randolph to the Constitutional Convention on May 29, 1787. The Virginia Plan proposed a strong central government composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
