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Magna Carta
First part of historyAgreed by King John -
Jamestown
Permanent english settlementFirst english settlement -
House of Burgess
First legislative assessmentIt was in jamestown -
Mayflower compact
Self governmentFirst self government created -
Fundamental orders of Connecticut
Early colonial constitutionFree mens from connecticut towns -
Navigation acts
Series of actsActs passed in the english parliament -
English Bill of Rights
Parliament of EnglandSeparation of powers -
Zenger trial
Reveloutinary ideasFreedom of american colonists -
Treaty of paris
United statesGreat Britain -
Proclamation line
King George IIITerritory in north america -
Suger act
American revenueMolases act -
Stamp act
British parliamentNew tax -
Quartering act
British parliamentProvided food for British parliament -
Townshend act
Series of measuresImposed duties -
Boston Massacre
British soldiersNumber of taxes -
Tea Act
not to raise revenueBritish government -
Boston tea party
Boston harborDumb tea in the harbor -
1st continental congress
1st continental congressCarpenters hall in Philadelphia -
Intolerable acts
British parliamentPunish american colonists -
Battle of lexington and concord
First military engagementProvince of Massachusetts bay -
Battle of bunker hill
Battle of breeds hillFought in charleston -
Common sense published
Thomas painePeople must fight against king george -
Decoration of Independence
Thomas JeffersonSecond continental congress -
Saratoga
victory to americansTurning point of revolutionary war -
Valley forge
Military campsSpent the winter there during the american revolutionary war -
2nd continental congress
Met in PhiladelphiaMet in war efforts -
Articles of confederation
First constitution of united statesRatification of articles of confederation -
Yorktown
Battle of yorktownYorktown in virginia -
Treaty of paris
Ended revolutionary warRecognized american independence