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Jun 15, 1215
magna carta
gave rights to all people -
Jamestown
first english setalment -
house of burgess
the first popularly elected legislature in the New World. http://www.ushistory.org/us/2f.asp -
plymouth colony
founded by a group of separatists who later came to be known as the Pilgrims -
mayflower compact
first governing document of Plymouth Colony -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
helped shape the government -
Glorious_Revolution
English people rising agenst a unresonobal king http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_Glorious_Revolution -
english bill of rights
rights for the english people -
Period: to
salem which trials
many woman were tryed and covicted to be whiches and hung... many inocent people -
albany plan of union
a plain to have the colonies to unite -
friench and indian war
a way involving the british colonies largest enomies. http://hotchkissfamily.lbbhost.com/images/French-Indian-War.jpg -
proclomation line of 1763
the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and to stabilize relations with Native North Americans through regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier. -
sugar act
a tax of six pence per gallon of molasses -
stamp act
First direct British tax on American colonists -
townsend act
laws named for Charles Townshend, British Chancellor of the Exchequer (Treasurer). These laws placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/townshendactsdef.htm -
boston massacre
An argument broke out between the soldier and a local merchant, who was struck with the butt of a musket during the argument. A crowd gathered quickly and began pelting the guards -
tea act
a company that had a monopoly saying colonest could only buy tea from them and could charge all they wanted. -
boston tea party
the colonests dreses as natives and took tea ans dumped it over the ships -
intolerable acts
they were punishments put on the colonests king George III
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first continental congress
colection of delegates from twelve British colonies that met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
Edenton Tea Party
response to the tea act -
Mecklenburg Resolves
list of statements reputed to have
been introduced Mecklenburg -
secong contenental congress
managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence -
declaration of independence
a document stating the americas declaring independence -
Halifax Resolves
resolution adopted by the fourth
provincial congress -
articles of confederation
The Articles supported the Congressional direction of the Continental Army, and allowed the states to present a unified front when dealing with the European powers. -
treaty of paris 1783
ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on the one hand and the United States of America and its allies on the other -
Land of Ordinance of 1785
made a public land system -
shay's rebellion
armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts -
Land of Ordinance of 1787
created the northwest territory -
constituional convention
talked about problems in governing the United States of America -
Federalist/Anti-Federalist Papers
does/doesn't support
the new government plan
