Road to the Constitution

By EKreager15
  • Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Gave King John 1 less power

  • Mayflower Compact

    The first governing document of Plymouth Colony

  • Fundament Orders of Connecticut

    Document defining the government of the Colony of Connecticut

  • English Bill of Rights

    Created a constitutional monarchy in England, meaning that the King or Queen acts as head of state but his or hers power is limited by law

  • French and Indian War

    North American war between France and Great Britain

  • Albany Plan of Union

    The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.

  • First Continental Congress

    Delegates from twelve of Britain’s thirteen American colonies met to discuss America’s future under growing British aggression.

  • Second Continental Congress

    Months after shots were fired at Lexington and Concord, the congress was preparing for war. They elected George Washington as commander-in-chief.

  • Declaration of Independence

    a document declaring the US to be independent of the British Crown, signed by the congressional representatives of the Thirteen Colonies, including Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams

  • Articles of Confederation

    he original constitution of the US

  • Shay's Rebellion

    An uprising led by a former militia officer, Daniel Shays, which broke out in western Massachusetts in 1786. Shays's followers protested the foreclosures of farms for debt and briefly succeeded in shutting down the court system.

  • Virginia Plan

    a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature

  • Three-fifths Compromise

    an agreement made by the delegates of the Constitutional Convention saying that three fifths of a state’s slave population would count towards its total population

  • New Jersey Plan

    a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.