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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta/ Great Charter
- issued in 1215 revised in the 13th century
- an english charter
- required King John to proclaim certian liberties
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Jan 1, 1500
Mercantilism
-The theory of trade espoused by European Powers
- They should have exported more than they imported
- Exports were favored in industries -
Jamestown Colony
- first perminant settlement
- capital of the colony for 83 years
- it is an archaeological site today
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House of Burgesses
- Became a symbol of representative government
- Met once a year
- Could make laws
- led up to the Revolutionary War
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Mayflower Compact
-Drwan up in response to mutinous speeches
- Attempted to be the temparary government -
Plymouth County
- capitol of the colony
- first settlement at New Plymouth
- started at Thanksgiving
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Fundamental Orders of Connecuicut
- adopted by Connecuicut colony council
- has features of written constitution
- considered the first written constitution
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Culpepers Rebellion
- popular uprising in Albermarle, North Carolina
- protest Navigation Acts
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Glorious Revolution
- English people revolt against the King
- William invaded England
- The over through of Kind James
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English Bill of Rights
-enacted by English Parliment
- wrote into the law by King William III
- One fundamental document of English Constitutional law -
Salem Witch Trials
- a series of hearings before county court trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft
- conducted in a variety of towns
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First Great Awakening
- a christian revitilization movement
- made intensity of cristians personal -christianity was brought to aferican slaves
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French and Indian War
-Massive conflict between Austria, England, France, Great Britian, Prussia, and Sweeden
- Seven year war
- the Bristish won -
Albany Plan of Union
- proposed by Benjamin Franklin
- early attempt to forming a union of the coloines
- met in Albany, New York
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Pontiacs Rebellion
- french and indian war
- made up of Ottawas and reinforced by Wyandots
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Proclimation Line
- Great Britians acquisition of French territory
- established 4 new colonies
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Sugar/ Revenue Act
- first tax on American colonies imposed by British Parliment
- the act violated the British privliages
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Stamp Act
-Any piece of paper was taxed
- It paid for protecting the American Frontier
-It was a small fee -
Virginia Resolves
- series of Revolution passed by Virginia General Assembly in response to the Stamp Act
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Sons of Liberty
- political group made up of American Patriots
- undertakers of the Boston Tea Party led to the Intolerable Acts
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Townsend Act
-Placed taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
- Thepeoples reactions were the same as with the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act
- Repealed all taxes except on the tea -
Boston Massacre
-The killing of 5 colonist by Britsh regulars
- It was all because the Townsend people imposed high taxes -
Gaspee Incident
-Led by John Brown
- Wounded the lieutenant of ship then set it on fire -
Committiees of Correspondence
- shadows of government organized by patriot leaders
- set up the first continental congress
- a total of 7000 to 8000 Patriots served on these committiees
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Tea Act
- Made to catch the East India Company because they were burdened with 18 million pounds of tea -took the tea to colonists and sold it for a bargin price
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Boston Tea Party
- Tea was trown into the harbor
- didn't like the tea tax
- 500,000 pounds of tea -parliment would loose money if there was extra tea
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Intolerable Acts
- colonist were pressed with greater taxes -destruction of 342 chests of tea -led to the Boston Tea Party
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First Continental Congress
-first held in Carpenters Hall
-elected by the people
-first few weeks were consumed of discussion and debate -
Edenton Tea Party
- political protest in Edenton in response to the Tea Act
- passed by the Bristish Parliment
- Inspired by Boston Tea Party
- 51 women involved
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Meclenburg Resolves
- Americas royal authority was suspended
- parliment laws were void
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Second Continental Congress
- made decisions like when and where to attack the Bristish -Declared independence and drafter the Declaration of Independence
- adopted July 4th, 1776
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Halifax Resolves
- led to the Declartation of Independence
- moved colonies that declared independence
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Declaration of Independence
- most cherished symbol of liberty
- written by Thomas Jefferson
- showing "self-evident truths" in this document
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Federalists/ AntiFederalist Papers
- their purpose was to gain popular support for the Constitution
- the Bill of Rights was mentioned and it brought individuals rights
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Articles of Confederatipn
- Agreement between 13 states that established the United States of America as confederation of sovereign
- It served as the first Constitiution -The draft was written by the Continintel Congress in mid 1776
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Treaty of Paris
-Ended American Revolutionary War
- Signed at Hotel D'York
-John Adams, Ben Franklin, and John Jay III are the American negotiators -
Land Ordinance of 1785
- the immidate goal was to raise money through the sale of land
- provided land descriptions
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Shay's Rebellion
- Uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts
- Named after Daniel Shay
- Over 1,000 Shayests have been arrested
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Constitutional Convention
- For addressing problems in governing USA
- Leader was George Washington
- Continous disputes over composition and election of the senate
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Land Ordinance of 17887
- adopted the congress of confederation for government
- drafted by Thomas Jefferson
- never went into effect
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Whiskey Rebellion
- a tax protest
- a part of Alexander Hamilton program to pay off national debt
- came to climax in 1794
