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Jan 11, 1215
Magna Carta
nobles rebelled against King John and forced him to sign an
agreement called Magna Carta, which protected the nobles' privelages. -
Jan 11, 1295
Parliment Begins
King John's followers met regularly with nobles, and gradually the group grew -
House of Burgesses
made up of representatives elected by voters. -
Mayflower Compact
written rules to govern themselves in the new land. 41 men from the Mayflower signed it -
Glorious Revolution
The overthrow of King James II by a group of English parliementarians -
English Bill of Rights
It further restricted the monarch's power, also guarunteed free elections to Parliement. -
Common Law
People developed rules to live by. The juristiction lies on the court decisions rather than laws -
Stamp Act
9 colonies sent representatives to NY to Stamp Act Congress when the Act was cancelled. -
Intolerable Acts
Colonial government banded together to figh Intolerable Acts. -
First Contintinental Congress
Convenvtion of delegates from 12 colonies that met at Carpenter's Hall in Philidephia, PA. -
First Continetal Congress
convention of delegates from twelve British North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall -
Second Continental Congress
a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, PA after American Revolutionary War. -
Articles of Confederation
An agreement among the 13 founding colonies establishing the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. -
Shays' Rebellion
armed uprise of western Massachusutts named after Daniel Shays, a American Revolutionary veteran -
Constitutional Convention
Occured in Pihladelphia, PA to adress the issues in governing the USA, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following its independance from Great Britain. -
Great Compromise
Small and large states reached an agreement that defined the legislative structure that the states would have under the US constitution -
Federalist Papers
seriesof 85 essays or articles promoting the ratification of the US Constitution. -
Constitution Ratified by two thirds of the states
The document that the Philadelphia Convention presented was technically only a revision of the Articles of Confederation. But the last article of the new instrument provided that when ratified by conventions in nine states. -
Bill of Rights
The collective name for the first 10 ammendments to the US Constitution, serving to protect the natural rights of liberty and property.
