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Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was a document pushed onto the King of England by the Feudal Barons, a group of the kings subjects. They were tired of the king (abusing) his powers. This document set in motion a movement in which the people, were in controll of how the king uses his powers. They limited his power, and protected thier rights. This document was originally published in Latin but then later revised. -
Virginia House of Bugesses
Many things seperated Spain & France from England. A big part of their colonization was the fact is how distinct their government was set up. Spain and France had a Absolute Monarchy while England had a limited monarchy.The power came from the crown and followed downt o the people without any imput from them at all.Governor George Yeardley immediatly after his arrival in JamesTown, set up a legislative assembly for the Virginia Colony.The first meeting was held July 30,1619, -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was a form initially intended to give the settlers(Pilgrims) permission to set up and establish a colony outsdie the hands of King James of England.With this being set in motion, since they were pretty much on their own they decided to form their own type of govenrment, their own rules for no one had the power to command them. They anchored down in Plymouth. They had to all ablide by the rules and regulations of the compact in order to survive and maintian peace. -
English Bill of Rights
Is an act of the Parliment of England which sets up and in detail describes the powers of the crown and its advisaries, and limits them. It also sets the rights of Parliment and the rules for freedom of speech in Parlliment.in addition It reestablished the freedom of the protestants to have arms in their defense and for their saftey. It also lists many other laws and regulation of equality that the king & the people must all follow. -
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French & Indian War
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/frin.htmThe French & Indian war was a war that took into motion in 1754, which both Brittish America and France declared war on eachother. They both recieved military support from their parent countries (Great Britain and France) as well. But what started off as a simple regional war tunred out to be a world wide conflict with many casualties. Most of the battles were fought along the frontiers, but being that land belonged to the Indians, the French used that to their advantage and allied with them. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was established in 1765. This act demanded that everyone pay a fat tax on anyhtin paper related. This ment any printed paper, or related product the King would have you pay a tax on. The money taxed would be used in aiding and defending the American Frontier. Many colonist were not okay with this, not because The King was being unjust, but the fact that he is using the funding for his own needs without consulting the colonial legislatures. -
First Continantal Congress
In Carpenters Hall on September 5, delegates from 12 colonies except Georgia met up to discuss the intolerable acts that was put in order by the Brittish Parliment. This punished Boston for the Tea Party. The 56 members discussed options to boycott the trade and to confront King James III for his grievances, though they werent taken serious eventually they got through to the people and thus the movement to boycott the kings taxes,goods,and rules.It was a success,thanks to the SecondContinantal -
Lexington & Concord
The Battles of Lexington&Concord were the first battles fought in the Amercian Revolution. It marked the first open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its 13 colonies. Both sides brough to the field hundreds of soldiers, each ready for whatever.The regulars (colonist) strategically spreaded their equipment throught the west so the Brittish couldnt do any damage, even though they were greatly out numbered they outsmarted the enemy and came out on top of most of the battles. -
Second Continental Congress
After the first continental congresss, they still had some problems to solve. After the start of the American Revolutionary War started, they wanted to leave a mark in history by parting ways with Great Britain and becoming indepandent.The meeting was to discuss what they were to do with the war and how to deal with future confritations. Freedom was the main focus, so they had to meet in the middle with Britain and force them to acept the fact they will no longer be ruled over by such a person. -
Declaration of Independance
When fighting a war that was nothing more than a movement of rights, the colonist decided that in order for the Great Crown Of Britain to understand their intentions they had to pass a vote. In order for them to gain independance, they made a document clearly stating their claim for independance and their movement from the crown, they werent going to be under the British any longer,but istead a colony of their own. On July 4th we became an nation of our own. On July 4,1776 -
Articals of Confederation
The first constitution of the united states was established March 1,1781. This document bound together the rules the United States of America would go by after its seperation from Great Britain.This document brought forth a plea for unity of all 13 colonies to join them together as one nation under one ruler, instead of each state following their own unique set of rules. Since there was a weak central government, the Articals conducted a plan that would bring together all of the colonies as one. -
Peace Treaty with Paris
The Peace Treaty of Great Britain(Paris) end the American Revolutionary War and solved amjor conflicts between the United States and the British. It also resolved all conflict between subsidory countries such as the Dutch, Spain, and The French. Except the only difference is that those countries didnt have or need to follow the same rules as we did. They had other specifics to worry about. The Americans negotiated land, and other patrons with Britian. -
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Shays Rebellion
Shays Rebellion was an armed uprising in western Massachusetts after the war. The cause of the war was mainly the fact that after the war, no one had anything. The post-war economic depression was just to much for some to handle. That and many veternas were outraged by the financial debt solution which applied some fairly big problems for some. The Rebellion was named after Daniel Shays, him and others stood up against what they thought was a problem. -
Virginia Plan
The Virginia Plan was a proposal by the delegates for a bicameral legislative branch in the United States drafted by James Maddison. At the Constitutional Convention, it was propesed by the Virginia Delegates in an attempt to fix the Articles of Confederation. proposed a legislative branch consisting of two chambers (bicameral legislature), with the dual principles of rotation in office and recall applied to the lower house of the national legislature. At the moment it was a good idea. -
Constitutional Convention
the Constitutional Convention was an meeting discussing the matter on how to govern the U.S, Even though we were going under the Articles Of Confederation that still wasnt what Alexander Hamilton was looking for. He didnt want to simply fix the current government, he wanted to start from scratch and enlist a new form of government. In the result of this the United States Constitution in which George Washington was elected to take charge of. -
New Jersey Plan
The New Jersey Plan was another initiative proposed in the Constitutional Convention by WIlliam Paterson. It was made in response to the Virginia Plan. It proposed a unicameral legislature with one vote per state. It also proposed Articles of Confederation should be amended, and that the congress could raise funds via tariffs. Now with that being said, James Maddison opposed it all (Chief/Virginia Plan). -
3/5 Comprimise
The Comprimise was an agreement reached by the Northen States and the Southern States that established how all slaves would be counted when discussing a states political porposes.This number would determine how many seats will be in the House of Representitives for the next decade, that and how much of the states tax percent they would have to burden.With this, we could determine the wealth of each state and how much each should recieve. This was proposed by elegates James Wilson and Roger S. -
Conneticut Comprismise
The Conneticut Comprimise (Shermans Comprimsie) proposed the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. It still kept the Bicameral Legislature proposed by Roger Sherman.This made sure not every state had more power than another, it provided equality between the states and the legislature. All parties were finally happy with this and it was passed. They needed a way of rule under the Constitution of the United States that was fair. -
Commerce/Slave Trade
The two issues that the Commerce & Slave Trade Compromise dealt with were whether Congress should be able to regulate trade and whether the United States should continue with slave trading. The North felt that Congress should control trade and also that they should put an end to slave trading. The South was wary of Congress regulating trade and, of course, wanted slave trade to continue. Again, the compromise was that Congress would be allowed to fairly control trade and the South would be allow -
Bill Of Rights
The Bill of Rights was the name given for the first Ten Admedments adopted by the United States.The amendments guarantee a number of personal freedoms, limit the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and reserve some powers to the states and the public.. Which in all seriousness is all we really needed becasue look how our government is now! The Bill of Rights enumerates freedoms not explicitly indicated in the main body of the Constitution, such as freedom of religion, etc
