road to the Constitution

  • •Magna Carta

    •Magna Carta
    sometime we called Magna Carta Libertatum, it is England's charter which made on 1215 and they believed the charter is very influence for the long history of system to make the law of constitution in this present.
  • •English Bill of Rights

    •English Bill of Rights
    Full name is "An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown" act of Parliament of England has announced in 2010 without which a law that is the foundation of the constitution of UK. In addition to Magna Charta. act in 1701 and other laws that has been used by the assembly of UK.
  • •Mayflower Compact

    •Mayflower Compact
    the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the Mayflower, consisting of separatist Congregationalists who called "Saints" and adventurers and tradesmen, most of whom were referred to by the Separatists as Strangers. Later both groups were referred to as Pilgrims. The Separatists were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of England.
  • •Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    •Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
    The Fundamental Orders were adopted by the Connecticut Colony council on January 15, 1639 OS (January 24, 1639 NS). The orders describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers.
  • •First Continental Congress

    •First Continental Congress
    The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.
  • •Second Continental Congress

    •Second Continental Congress
    The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774, also in Philadelphia.
  • •Declaration of Independence

    •Declaration of Independence
    Declaration of Independence, explain independence of the Republic of the United States, of a colony of King George VI, 3 and by the Natural and in the evolution of the original document of the country's independence, but the text of the same has been denied after the American Revolution, but success of it more as time goes by, and, in particular, the two messages, including human rights, current
  • •Articles of Confederation

    •Articles of Confederation
    The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777. However, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1, 1781
  • •Virginia Plan

    •Virginia Plan
    The Virginia was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The Virginia Plan was notable for its role in setting the overall agenda for debate in the convention and, in particular, for setting forth the idea of population-weighted representation in the proposed national legislature
  • •Three-fifths compromise

    •Three-fifths compromise
    The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. The debate was over whether, and if so, how, slaves would be counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxing purposes.
  • •New Jersey Plan

    •New Jersey Plan
    The New Jersey plan was a proposal for the structure of the US Government shown by William Paterson on June 15, 1787.The plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan, which called for two houses of Congress, both elected with partition according to population. The less populous states were opposed to giving most of the control of the national government to the more populous states so proposed an choice plan that would have kept the one-vote-per-state delegation under one legislative body.