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May 6, 1215
Magna Carta – 1 point
- King John gave land to some higher class people (nobles) and expected them to pay taxes, support the army and obey him in return. The nobles felt like he was abusing his powers and taxing them too much. The make him sign the Magna Carta forcing him to obey the laws and limiting his powers.
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Glorious Revolution
- in 1688 Parliament removed King James from power and gave the throne to William and Mary.
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English Bill of Rights
- Parliament wanted to be sure that no King or Queen could ever try to take back their power and become too powerful. They created the English Bill of Rights. This said only Parliament could make laws, raise taxes, and control the army.
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Boston Tea Party protesting Britain’s rule
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. declares independence from Britain
On this day in 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims the independence of a new United States of America from Great Britain and its king. The declaration came 442 days after the first shots of the American Revolution were fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts and marked an ideological expansion of the conflict that would eventually involve France's intervention on behalf of the Americans. -
Articles of Confederation is approved
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Shays Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt. Although farmers took up arms in states from New Hampshire to South Carolina, the rebellion was most serious in Massachusetts, where bad harvests, economic depression, and high taxes threatened farmers with the loss of their farms. The rebellion took its name from its symbolic leader, Daniel Shays of Massachusetts, a former -
Constitutional Convention
Four years after the United States won its independence from England, 55 state delegates, including George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin, convene in Philadelphia to compose a new U.S. constitution. -
The Great Compromise
On May 29, 1787, Edmund Randolph of the Virginia delegation proposed the creation of a bicameral legislature. Membership in the lower house was to be allocated in proportion to state population, and candidates were to be nominated and elected by the people of each state. Membership in the upper house was to be allocated in the same way, but candidates were to be nominated by the state legislatures and elected by the members of the lower house. This proposal was known as the Virginia Plan -
America divided: Federalists and Anti-federalists
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United States Constitution is ratified
a great debate took place throughout America over the Constitution that had been proposed. This is the story of the debate over the ratification of the United States Constitution.
