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Period: Jan 26, 1210 to
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Jan 28, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta is a document that King John of England was forced into signing. King John was forced into signing the charter because it greatly reduced the power he held. -
Petition plan
The Petition exhibited to his Majesty by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, concerning divers Rights and Liberties -
English Bill of Rights
An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown. -
Albany Plan of Union
A plan made by Ben Franklin. It aimed to unite the 13 colonies to trade. -
Boston Massacre
Where five colonists are killed by the British -
Boston Tea Party
The midnight raid, popularly known as the "Boston Tea Party," was in protest of the British Parliament's Tea Act of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade. -
First Contenintal Congress
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. Carpenter's Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was presided over by John Hancock. Joseph Galloway, the Pennsylvania conservative, was not in attendance. -
Declaration of Independence
The original Declaration is now exhibited in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom in Washington, DC. It has faded badly, largely because of poor preservation techniques during the 19th century. -
Articles of Confederation
Plan of government adopted by contintental congress after american revolution. It estalished a firm league of friendship. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shays’ Rebellion is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers. The rebellion was most serious in Massachusetts, where bad harvests, economic depression. -
Virginia Plan
In the month before the Constitutional Convention was to meet in Philadelphia, James Madison wrote to Edmund Randolph, laying out his concerns and objectives for the new constitution. -
Philadelphia Convention
By 1786, it was clear that the Articles of Confederation presented an ineffectual government for the union. -
New Jersey Plan
New Jersey Plan, a group of proposals presented by William Paterson of New Jersey to the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787. Paterson's plan was made in rebuttal to the Virginia Plan, which provided for a very strong central government and representation by population.
