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Sep 19, 1215
Magna Carta
A group of barons forced King John to sign the Magna Carta. It included fundamental rights as trail by jury and protection against the arbitary taking life and property. -
New Jersey Plan
the plan would add closely limited powers to tax and to regulate trade between the states. The major point of disagreement between the two plans were "How should the states be represented in congress"? -
Shay's Rebellion
many small farmers began to lose there land and lack of payment of taxes. They did an unsuccessful attack on the federal arsenal at Springfield. -
Boston Massacre
British troops fired into a crowd of coloniest
The coloniest were throwing rocks and verbaling abusing the British soliders -
Boston Tea Party
Its about a group of men that disguised as native americans and aboard three tea ships in boston harbor. They broke up the chests amd dumped the tea over the ship. -
First Continental Congress
Parliament passed another law and it was to punish the colonists for the trouble in boston. They had meeting making new laws, they sent a declaration of rights protesting britains colonial policies. -
Second Continental Congress
The british government continued to refuse to compromise its colonial policies
The shot around the world was the start of the revolution -
Virginia Plan
The Virginia Plan had three separate branches, legislative,executive, and judicial. The proposed would choose a national executive and national judiciary.
