-
Jun 1, 1215
magna carta
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was signed in the year 1215 by King John. It was signed in a place called Runnymede. In 1215, after King John of England violated a number of ancient laws and customs by which England had been governed, his subjects forced him to sign the Magna Carta, which enumerates what later came to be thought of as human rights. Among them was the right of the church to be free from governmental interference, the rights of all free citizens to own and inherit property and to be -
mayflower compact
The Pilgrims who sailed to the New World on the Mayflower had originally intended to settle in Virginia. When they landed in Massachusetts instead, in November 1620, they realized they were outside the jurisdiction of the Virginia charter. The purpose the Magna Carta was created was for the pilgrims to establish their own authority and to avoid a possible mutiny. That is why the Pilgrim leaders drew up and signed an agreement known as the Mayflower Compact. -
Petition of Rights
The Petition of Rights stated that no person should be forced to provide a gift, loan or tax without an Act of Parliament, that no free individual should be imprisoned or detained unless a cause has been shown, and that soldiers or members of the Royal Navy should not be billeted in private houses without the free consent of the owner. Eventually the petition was signed by Charles 1. -
English bill of rights
The people involved in signing were William and Mary. They signed the English bill of rights to end the glorious revolution. It was signed in 1689. The English Bill denounced King James II for abusing his power and the bill was passed as British law in December 1688. The English Bill of Rights clearly established that the monarchy could not rule without consent of Parliament. it also had rights of all men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; -
French and Indian war
- The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France. Major battles were battle of Quebec, battle of quiberon bay, battle of fort necessity, Battle of river monoahela, Battle of Lake George, Battle of Oswego, Battle of fort William and Henry, Battle of Louisburg, Battle of Ticonderoga, Battle of fort Frontenac, Battle of Niagara, and Battle of Montreal. The winners of the conflict were the British. The war cost the British a lots of money, and led them to tax amercians.
-
albany plan of union
Suggested by Benjamin franklin to create a unified government in the thirteen colonies. The plan didn’t work because every colony had their own priority. Catholics hated all Protestants. Anglicans hated Catholics, Puritans, and Quakers. Quakers didn't get along with anyone. Religious and economic differences caused the plan to fail. The political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin was “join or die”, which was created harmonize the colonies. -
King George 3 takes power
George III, was born in England. He became heir to the throne when his father Frederick, Prince of Wales, died in 1751 from a lung abscess. At the end of the French Indian war, King George created a document of royal proclamation of 1763 to organize Britain’s vast American empires and stabilize relations with Indians through trading. This angered some colonists who already had land in the area. Henry negatively affected the relationship by dividing the colonies among British and and colonists. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Government. The items that were taxed as a result of the Stamp Act was every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. The colonial leaders reacted quickly to the Stamp Act, asserting that the Stamp Act was an attempt to raise money in the colonies without the approval of colonial legislatures. -
Boston massacre
fight between a "patriot" mob, throwing stones on a squad of British soldiers. Five colonists died in it. The quartering act led to the massacre since British forced the colonists to quarter soldiers. The stamp act also led to the massacre since the people thought British couldn’t tax them since they didn’t pick representatives in parliament. Townshend Acts imposed new taxes on certain consumer products to raise revenue to pay salaries of colonial officials. This also led to the massacre. -
Boston tea party
The political party ideology was libertarian. The libertarians were the political party to organize the event. The British responded to the protest by making the Intolerable Acts of 1774 which closed the Boston Ports and destroyed the Massachusetts government, granting a monopoly on the sale of tea to the British East India Company. The protest was set against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. -
Intolerable Acts
Series of Acts meant to punish the colonies by restricting trade, and in turn, making an example out of Boston so the rebellion of the rest of the colonies would be subdued.
The British passed these acts to the colonists because they felt they needed to punish the people of Boston to demonstrate their power to legislate on the colonies. The provisions of these acts are: the Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, and Quartering Act. -
First continental congress
major personalities: Benjamin Harrison, Richard Bland, and Peyton Randolph , the leader. As a result of this meeting, the representatives of all colonies except Georgia gathered to discuss response to intolerable acts and how to assert rights of British government. The purpose wasn’t to seek independence from Britain but to appear as united colonies in their reply to Britain. The meeting took place at the carpenter’s hall. -
Lexington and Concord
VideoVideoThe tensions between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts sparked the battles of Lexington and Concord.
After the war ended, 3,500 militiamen firing constantly for 18 miles only killed or wounded roughly 250 Redcoats, compared to about 90 killed and wounded on their side. The major generals were William Howe, Henry Clinton, and "Gentleman Johnny" Burgoyne. Paul Revere rode to Lexington and a -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of the delegates from the 13 colonies. They met on May 10, 1775. It was a reconvening of the first continental congress. This event took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During this meeting the idea of the Declaration of Independence arise. Some of the colonial leaders involved at this event were Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, and Thomas Jefferson. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a written document proclaiming the independence of the 13 colonies from Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, John Adams, and Robert R. Livingston all wrote the Declaration of Independence. There are three main parts that are in the Declaration of Independence. The first part is a statement of individual rights. The second part is a list of all the reasons the American colonists were angry at the British gov -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first written constitution in the United States. Under these articles, the states remained sovereign and independent.
The first president under the articles was John Hanson. The three successes that came about from the articles was that the settlement of land disputes over the Ohio valley, it proved to be a stepping stone towards the present constitution, and it proved to be territorial arguments were settled therefore led to a greater expansion of the US. -
Articles of Confederation
The three failures of the articles were
1.Economic disorganization
2.Lack of central leadership
3.Legislative inefficiencies -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and United States. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens represented the United States during the signing of the treaty. U.S. territory would extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River in the west, and from the Great Lakes and Canada in the north to the thirty-first parallel in the south. The U.S. fishing fleet was guaranteed access to the fisheries off the coast of Newfoundland. -
Start of Constitutional Convention
On this day, delegates to the Constitutional Convention begin to assemble in Philadelphia to discuss how to peacefully overthrow the new American government as defined by the Article of Confederation. During the Annapolis Convention meeting, the delegates wanted to discuss what to change about the Articles of Confederation because they felt it was too weak. The original purpose of the meeting was to discuss trade.
