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Magna Carta
Magna Carta was a charter and it limited the power to the king. There was an amendment added which was trial by jury. -
Jamestown
Jamestown was founded in 1607 and was the first permanent English settlement. The Pilgrams were the first ones to be on the land on Jamestown. It is located at Virginia and where the British Empire began. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the First democratically elected legislative body. It was also to develop local laws and carry government orders. It also regulated taxes to the colonies. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact is a self government. The colonists have their own government meaning they make their own laws. The Mayflower Compact is also a social contract. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was the first written constitution.It established rules and laws that governed towns.It was wrote in Connecticut and established many laws for the early settlers. -
Navigation Acts
The Navigation Acts were created to regulate colonial trade. They also collected taxes. In result it enforced mercantilism. -
Zenger Trial
The Zenger Trial enforced many amendments caused by an unfair trial with no witnesses etc. It created the first amendment to have a right to trial by jury and freedom of the press. John Peter Zenger went to trial caused by printing and publishing a libel against the government. -
French and Indian War 1753-1763
The French and Indian War was a fight over beaver fur. The French wanted beaver fur at the Ohio River Valley. They both fought over more land leading the French to loose. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War. When the French looses the war they give up all its territories in Mainland North America. -
Proclamation Line
The Proclamation Line was created after the French and Indian War. It set a boundary between the Appalachian Mountains and West of it. You weren't allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
In the Sugar Act you were required to pay taxes on imported goods such as sugar,molasses, etc. It Increased the population of people smuggling goods in the colonies. The British colonies smuggled in order to compete with the French and Spanish colonies for more money. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was created to enforce taxes on recognition of documents and newspapers. The outcome of taxing the colonists were Protests,Boycotting, and Secret Societies. The colonists were furious on the taxes they were given. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was created to house the British Soldiers and provide them what you provide to yourself. It was unfair to the colonists and they had to feed the soldiers who were anywhere in the area. It also created the 3rd amendment not allowing to house soldiers. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass,lead,paper,paint, and tea imported into the colonies. It was based on to tax your everyday goods that you usually buy. It made colonists angry because they taxed things that they use daily. -
Boston Massacre
The Botston Massacre was when the British Soldiers open fire on American Colonists. Prior to the Boston Massacre British instituted new taxes. The first African American were to die in this fight was Crispus Attucks. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was created to reduce the massive amount of tea held by British East Indian Company. It also lowered the tea tax to save the East Indian Company. It was an outcome to what happened on the Townshends Act lowering the tea tax. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest led by the Sons of Liberty. They disguised as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. James Otis created the quote in a result to this, "No taxation without representation." -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates at Pennsylvania. It also organized colonial resistance. The First Continental Congress would then lead to the 2nd Continental Congress which made the First Continental Congress successful -
2nd Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress succeeded the First Continental Congress. It also managed the colonial war effort. It would later go on to help and establish the Declaration of Independence -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord is the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. It was also known as the "Shot Heard Round The World." The war took place at Massachusetts and 366 people were either killed, wounded or missing on both sides combined. -
Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts
The Intolerable/Coercive Acts were meant to punish American Colonists for the Boston Tea Party. The Harsh Laws were passed by British Parliament in 1774. There were 5 acts in the Intolerable Acts that limited the Colonists to doing things they used to or they were punished. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
In the Battle of Bunker Hill British defeats the Americans in Massachusetts and Captures Charlestown, Pennsylvania. This battle was going on during the Siege of Boston. It was also the second battle of the American Revolutionary War. -
Common Sense Published
The Common Sense was published by Thomas Paine. It was to help cause the American Colonists to decide to fight for independence. It was also made to make people use their mind. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence declared our independence from Britian, or now we are on our own. The main author is Thomas Jefferson. It was also adopted by the Continental Congress. -
Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the American Revolutionary War.The British surrenders over the Americans. The Americans have taken victory over British. -
Valley Forge 1777-1778
The Winter at Valley Forge was harsh for George Washington. Him and his troops were low on supplies and were getting frostbite and were starving. George Washington was forced to surrender. -
Articles of Confederation
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation. It was the first constitution of the United States. It also created a national government. -
Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown was the last battle of the American Revolution. George Washington won against the British Army. The Treaty of Paris 1783 officially ended the American Revolution. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
The Treaty of Paris 1783 officially ended the American Revolution. It also recongized America as an independent nation. The Continental Congress signed to paper and ended the American Revolution and announced it as an independent nation.
