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Jun 15, 1215
The Magna Carta
Magna Carta was written by a group of 13th-century barons to protect their rights and property against a tyrannical king -
The petition of Right
a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. the Petition contains restrictions on non-Parliamentary taxation, forced billeting of soldiers, imprisonment without cause, and restricts the use of martial law. -
The English Bill of Rights
It lays down limits on the powers of the crown and sets out the rights of Parliament and rules for freedom of speech in Parliament, the requirement to regular elections to Parliament and the right to petition the monarch without fear of retribution. -
The Albant plan of Union
a proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin -
Declaration of Independence
The thirteen collonys regarded them themselfs as states free from the Brittish Empire -
The articles of Confederation
an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution -
The Virginia Plan
a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. -
The Cennecticut Compromise
It retained the bicameral legislature as proposed by James Madison, along with proportional representation in the lower house, but required the upper house to be weighted equally between the states. Each state would have two representatives in the upper house. -
The New Jersey plan
a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention.The plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan, which called for two houses of Congress, both elected with apportionment according to population. -
The Constitution of the U.S
the supreme law of the United States of America. The first three Articles of the Constitution establish the rules and separate powers of the three branches of the federal government.The last four Articles frame the principle of federalism. The Tenth Amendment confirms its federal characteristics.
