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Jun 1, 1215
Magna Carta
Signed (by royal seal) between the feudal barons and King John at Runnymede near Windsor Castle in England. People gained 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 protected from excessive taxes. -
Mayflower Compact
The purpose was to ensure that the settlers who came off the Mayflower and landed at Plymouth Rock would establish a fair government ruled by majority. -
Petition of Rights
People gained the right thatno taxes would be given without Parliament consent; no imprisonment without a shown cause; soldiers cannot be put in private houses; and martial law cannot be used in times of peace. Petition of Rights was signed by Charles I. -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was suggested by Benjamin Franklin, then a senior leader of 48 and a delegate from Pennsylvania. Albany Plan of Union eventually happened, and the political cartoon, Join, or Die was associated with this meeting. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian were against the British. The Battle at Fort Necessity, The Battle of the Wilderness, Battle at Oswego, Massacre at Fort William Henry, Battle at Fort Louisburg, and The Capture of Quebec were some major battles. The British ultimately won. British heavily taxed the colonies and led to intensified animosity between the English and their Colonists. -
King George III takes power
King George wanted to build an army but needed money, so he made the people pay taxes and gave Acts for his own benefit. British hate him for it. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 taxed legal documents, licenses, commercial contracts, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards. The colonists were mad that the Stamp Act forced them to pay a tax on all printed material. Therefore, they made speeches to protest, burnt stamps, and threatened stamp tax collectors. -
Boston Massacre
A total of 5 people got killed, and 6 were wounded. British Taxation, Stamp Act, and Townshend Act were all enforced that led to this. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an organized by sons of liberty where they dump all the teas from British Harvard. As a result, the British passed the Intolerable Acts. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts (known as the Coercive Acts by the British) were passed in response to the Boston Tea Party. The acts were geared more towards the Massachusetts colony with the intent on punishing them. The British closed all of Boston's Ports until the colonist's payed for the tea they destroyed during the Boston Tea Party. British allowed them selves to house troops where ever, when ever, in the colonist's homes. -
First Continental Congress
Ben Franklin, George Washington, Sam Adams, and John Adams were involved in this meeting. The plan for this meeting was to have a compact among the colonies to boycott British goods beginning on December 1, 1774, and to provide for a Second Continental Congress to meet on May 10, 1775. They met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Lexington and Concord
The result ended with Redcoats having 250 killed or wounded, because Americans sniped at the British from behind trees and rocks. Colonel Smith, Major Pitcairne and Lord Percy commanded the British Troops. Militia were commanded by Barrett, Buttrick, Robinson. Paul Revere rode back to the village to warn everyone that the British were coming. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which adopted the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. Ben Franklin, George Washington, John Hancock, Sam Adams, and John Adams were the leaders involved. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the 13 American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
Articles of Confederation
John Hanson was the first president under the Articles of Confederation. -
Start of Constitutional Convention
The Start of Constitutional Convention was to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. -
English Bill of Rights
James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights. King William and Queen Mary signed it. Bill of Rights said that Englishmen had certain inalienable civil and political rights.
