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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
"great charter of liberty"
Peace making document and foundation of freedom -
Period: Dec 11, 1215 to
Magna Carta
"great charter of liberty"
Peace making document and foundation of freedom -
Jan 10, 1295
Parliament Begins
Establishment of 3 Branches of government -
House of Burgesses
Colonist self governed when moved they moved away from the king -
Mayflower Compact
Pilgrims signed the Mayflower to create a democracy -
Glorious Revolution
-Constitutional Monarchy
-Saw the official overthrow of Absolute Monarchy -
English Bill Of Rights
-Act of the Parliament of England
-That the rights of citizens are stated -
Common Law
-Describes the body of legal principles and concepts
-Moulded the area and restrictions on freedom in England -
Stamp Act
-An act of the British Parliament that exacted revenue from the American colonies
- It raised England money -
Intolerable Acts
Were lawas that were really punishments that King George III put on the colonies -
First Continental Congress
-Brought together representatives from each of the colonies
-First concerted effort of American colonies to unite under a common cause -
Second Continental Congress
-Adopted the Declaration
-It acted as the government for the colonies during the war -
Articles of Confederation
First constitution of the U.S passed by congress -
Shays Rebellion
-Armed insurrection by farmers in W. Mass
-Paved the path to the Constitution -
Constitutional Convection
Created the document that has given the U.S one of the most stable and constitutional democracies in the history -
Great Compromise
Was an agreement made among the delegates to the constitutional convection that the American government would have 2 houses in congress -
Federalist Papers
-A series of 15 articles or essays
-Outlined the form of government preferred by the Federalist -
Constitution Ratified
The states and dates for the ratification of amendments to the U.S Constitution -
Bill of Rights
Constitutes the 1st to amendments of the U.S Constitution
