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Sep 18, 1512
Magna Carta
"Great Charter"- established the idea of limited government. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
First elected lawmaking group in the colonies. -
Mayflower Compact
The pilgrim's plans fo self-government, signed aboard the Mayflower. -
English Bill of Rights
Established limits on the power of a ruler. -
French and Indian War
The colonies fought with Great Britain in their war against France. -
Stamp Act
Put a tax on legal documents, dice, playing cards, newspapers, stamps, and other things in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists threw barrels of tea into the Boston Harbor in an act of rebellion against taxes. -
First Continental Congress
General colonial meeting of Delegates in Philadelphia. -
Lexington and Concord
First battles of the Revolutionary War. -
Second Continental Congress
Regrouping of the first congress- established an army and a navy. -
Declaration of Independence
Document declaring separation of the Colonies from Great Britain. -
Articles of Confederation
"Plan for Confederation" for the colonies. -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the Revolutionary War and granted the States their freedom. -
Shay's Rebellion
Armed mobs of farmers protested laws and regulations that could lose them their farms. -
Constitutional Convention
The meeting held to draft and complete the Declaration of Independence. -
Commerce/Slave Trade Compromise
It was determined that Congress could not prohibit slave trade until the year 1808. -
Conneticut Compromise
Stated that all states had equal power regardless of its size and population. -
Virginia Plan
Proposed the three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. -
New Jersey Plan
Proposed the idea of one vote per state. -
3/5 Compromise
Three fifths of enslaved people could be counted for tax purposes and representation in the states. -
Bill of Rights
Collectively the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, stating various personal freedoms and rights. -
Rhode Island Ratification
Rhode Island being the only state not represented at the Constitutional Convention, it was the last to ratify the Constitution.
