The Orgins of the Constitution

  • Jan 28, 1215

    Magna Carta

    a group of barons forced king john to sign this document.
  • jamestown

    founded
  • french indian war

    constitution concidered
  • stamp act

  • boston massacre

  • boston tea party

  • 1st continental congress

  • Rev. war

    americas victory
  • 2nd continental congress

    britian gov. continued
  • decloration of independence

    freedom was declaired
  • articles of confed.

    est. "a firm legue of friendship" among the states
  • rev. war ends

  • sahys rebllion

  • constitutional convention

    when the constitution was written
  • ratification

    formal approval