The Story of the Constitution 8B

Magna Carta Signed

Jun 19, 1215

Magna Carta Websitehttp://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/magna_carta.htm The Magna Carta is a document that King John signed to limit his power. The Charter was giving birth to the idea of civil liberties which our Constitution is based on.

Model Parliament

Nov 13, 1295

Model Parliament is a your of giving idea and sharing plans for groups.

Mayflower Compact

Nov 21, 1620

http://mayflowerhistory.com/mayflower-compact/ The Mayflower Compact gave permission for the settlers to settle in Virginia. It was signed in the Mayflower ship on November 11, 1620.

New England Confederation

May 1, 1643

http://www.usahistory.info/NewEngland/
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/New_England_Confederation.html
The New England Confederation was a federation of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Haven, and Plymouth established in May 1643.
English colonies agreed to form a loose confederation call The United Colonies of New England.
English colonies agreed to from a loose confederation called The United Colonies of New England

English Bill of Rights

Dec 16, 1689

English bill of rightsAn act that declares the rights and liberties of the king.

Albany Plan of Union

Jul 1, 1754

Albany Plan of Union The Albany Plan of Union was created to unite the 13 colonies under one government. It was suggested by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 at the Albany Congress in Albany, New York.

First Continental Congress Meets

Sep 5, 1774

First Continental Congress In September 1774, George Washington joined the First Continental Congress. 56 delegates from each colony except Georgia gathered to discuss their relationship with Britain, and how to assert their rights with the British Government. The purpose of the First Continental Congress was not to seek Independence from Britain.

Second Continental Congress Meets

May 10, 1775

Second Continental Congress The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in 1775. They were having problems with the British and they made George Washington supreme commander of the Continental Army. To pay for stuff they had to start printing money for expenses. The Congress made a committee to conduct relations with foreign governments.

Declaration of Independence Signed

Jul 4, 1776

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The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Website:
<a href='http://www.ducksters.com/history/declaration_of_independence.php' >Declaration of Independence

Articles of Confederation Adopted

Dec 15, 1781

Articles of Congress States agreed to cooperate with one another for mutual defense and the General Goods.

Mount Vernon Conference Held

Mar 25, 1785

Annapolis Convention Held

Sep 11, 1786

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/annapolis-convention-resolution/Annapolis Convention was a meeting in 1786, to discuss regulation of the interstate commerce.

Constitutional Convention Meets

May 25, 1787

http://www.congressforkids.net/Constitution_delegates.htm
Delaegates met in Philadalphia and prouced a federal Constitotion for the United States. They met in May 1787.

Federalist Papers Written

Jan 1, 1788

Federalist Papers

Constitution Ratified

Mar 4, 1789

US Constitution
The U.S Constitution establishes what the United States is about. In order for the Constitution to be ratifed 9 states had to ratify it. On June 1788 New Hampshire was the 9th state to ratify the Constitution.

Bill of Rights Adopted

Dec 15, 1791

Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.

Mount Vernon Confernce Held

Mar 13, 2014