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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta is one of the most important and known documents in history. The Magna Carta established the principle that everyone is allowed the law. It guarantees the right to everyone and each person the right to justice and the right to a fair trial. -
Jamestown
Jamestown was the first English settlement, some European countries and England were in competition to increase their wealth and power by expanding their empires to America. -
The House of Burgesses
The first representative assembly in America, meets for the first time in Virginia. The first African slaves are brought to Jamestown. The ideas and leaders from this House helped bring about the American Revolutionary Wa -
Mayflower Compact
Signed by 41 English people who wanted to live in America signed this as a hard copy of government in the New World. -
Plymouth Colony
The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts is established by Pilgrims from England. Plymouth Colony later merged with the Massachusetts Bay Colony to form the colony of Massachusetts. -
First American Slave Trade
The slavery in America began when the first African slaves were taken to the North American colony of Jamestown Virginia in 1619. The slaves were indentured servants and they would’ve been street after certain amount of work. This is important because it was a society change and would lead to a Civil War that would create a strong nation. -
French and Indian war
This war was known as a seven year war. This war was between England in the American colonies against the French and some of the Indians in North America. Dispute over paying the wars expenses led to colonial discontent and ultimately the American revolution. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was a tax imposed by the British government on the American colonies. The goal was to raise money needed for military defenses of the colonies. The stamps were required for all official documents, licenses, contracts, and newspaper. -
The townshend act was passed
The purpose of this act was to raise a revenue to help the payment/cost of keeping and maintaining an army in North America. This act changed the purpose of the tax plan but instead decided to use the revenue to pay the salaries of some colonial judges and governors. -
Boston Mascara
The Boston Mascara started as a minor fight became a turning point in the beginnings of the American Revolution. The Boston Massacre helped spark the colonists' desire for American independence. -
Boston tea party
Boston was a big thing in the revolution against Britain defense of liberty got onto a British ship and dumped out tea and a protest of unfair tax this is a protest event and this is one of the many causes of the American Revolution. -
The 1st continental congress
This was important because delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts. -
American revolution
The goal of the revolution was that the colonist wanted to be independent from Britain. This revolution was a time when the British colonist in America rebelled against the rule of great Britain there are many battles fought in the colonies gain their freedom and became independent country and United States -
Lexington and Concord
These were the first battles of the Revolutionary War. These battles happened in April of 1775. They happened because the British commander in Boston had heard of supplies of powder and weapons being kept by Patriots in the towns of Lexington and Concord. -
2nd continental congress
The Second Continental Congress was important because it was the governing body of the American colonies from 1775 to 1781. It was founded when the British failed to address the grievances of the First Continental Congress and to organize a Continental Army to fight.
