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1215
Magna Carta
SumRE English CharterSumRE gave people rights -
Jamestown Founding
SumRE 1st successful English colonySumRE located in Virginia -
House of Burgesses Created
SumRE 1st legislative in coloniesSumRE established self-government -
Mayflower Compact
SumRE a social contractSumRE signed on ship Mayflower -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
SumRE 1st written colonial constitutionSumRE established self-government -
Navigation Acts
SumRE colonists trade only EnglandSumRE made mercantilism happen -
English Bill of Rights
SumRE gave rights to peopleSumRE gave liberty to people -
Zenger Trial
SumRE John Zenger wonSumRE allowed freedom of press -
French and Indian War
SumRE over Ohio River ValleySumRE ended with Treaty of Paris -
French and Indian War
1754 - 1763 -
Treaty of Paris
SumRE French gave up hopeSumRE ended French and Indian war -
Proclamation Line
SumRE prevented settling in landSumRE Appalachian Mountains is border -
Sugar Act
SumRE put taxes on goodsSumRE modified act -
Stamp Act
SumRE taxed on papersSumRE all documents HAVE stamps -
Quartering Act
SumRE Britain sent troops overSumRE colonists forced to house -
Townshend Act
SumRE taxes are raisedSumRE on glass/lead imports -
Boston Massacre
SumRE crispus attucks 1st casualtySumRE Redcoats went on trial -
Tea Act
SumRE made tea monopolySumRE only East Indian Tea Company -
Boston Tea Party
SumRE threw tea in water boycottSumRE example of civil disobedience -
1st Continental Congress
SumRE no taxation without representationSumRE 12 different delegates -
Intolerable Acts
SumRE made colonists very angrySumRe committees of correspondence -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
SumRE patriots hid weaponsSumRE British tried to arrest -
2nd Continental Congress
SumRE moved towards independenceSumRE loyalists stayed loyal -
Battle of Bunker Hill
SumRE British won battleSumRE British had high ground -
Common Sense Published
SumRE helped people thinkSumRE made want to fight -
Declaration of Independence
SumRE no longer part of BritainSumRE declared our freedom -
Saratoga
SumRE turning point of warSumRE Americans won over British -
Valley Forge
SumRE military campSumRE army spent brutal winter (1777-1778) -
Articles of Confederation
SumRE first U.S. constitutionSumRE was repealed -
Yorktown
SumRE was a siegeSumRE most important battle/last -
Treaty of Paris
SumRE recognized U.S. independenceSumRE ended revolutionary war
