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Magna Carta
First document, imposed on the King of England, in attempt to limit his powers and protect their rights. -
Jametown settled
First English settlement in the Americas. -
Petition of Right
A major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. -
English Bill of Rights
Arestatement in form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament, inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England. It lays down limits on the powers of the crown and sets out the rights of Parliament and rules for freedom of speech in Parliament, the requirement for regular elections to Parliament. -
Albany Plan of Union
Plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. -
Stamp Act
Very unpopular against colonists. These printed materials were legal documents, magazines, playing cards, newspapers and many other types of paper. Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper. -
American Revolution
Not sure on the month or day. This was a political uprising that took place between 1765-1783 during which the 13 British American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed an independent nation, the U.S. This was the result of a series of social, political, and intellectual transformations in American society, government and ways of thinking. -
Boston Massacre
Riot began when about 50 citizens attacked a British sentinel.British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. A street fight between a patriot mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
Demonstrators some disguised as American Indians, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company, in defiance of the Tea Act of May,1773. They boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into Boston Harbor, ruining the tea. -
Intolerable Acts
They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. -
First Continental Congress
This was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies, It was called in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts, by the British Parliament.The Congress met to consider options, including a boycott of British trade; rights and grievances. -
Second Continental Congress
A reconvening of the First Continental Congress. Many of the same 56 delegates who attended the first meeting, came to the second, and the delegates selected the same president and secretary. -
Declaration of Independence
Announced the 13 American colonies, then at war with Great Britain. Regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
Articles of Confederation
Document signed among the first 13 states that established the U.S. -
Shay's Rebellion
Armed uprising that took place in Massachusetts. -
Philadelphia Convention
This was to address problems in governing the U.S, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederatio, following independence from Great Britain. -
Constitutional Convention
Held to address problems in governing the U.S., which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation. was intended to revise the Articles of Confederation, The intention was to create a new government rather than fix the existing one. The delegates elected George Washington to preside over the Convention. The result of the Convention was the creation of the U.S. Constitution. -
Connecticut Compromise
This was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. In part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony and was written by the Separatists. This was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620 by most adult men.
