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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta established the principle that the power of the monarchy was not absolute. -
Jamestown Settlement
The first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first example of orgnaized attempts at government in America. IT was also and attempt at democracy. -
Petition of Right
The petition of right limited the king's power in several ways. Most importantly, the document demanded that the king no longer imprison or otherwise punish any person, but be the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights also included such guarantees as the right to a fair trial, and freedom from excessive bail and from cruel and unusual punishment. -
Albany plan of Union
It was a proposal to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies, suggested by benjamin franklin. -
Stamp Act Congress
It was the first gathering of elected representatives from several of the american colonies to devise a unified protest against new british taxation -
The First Continental congress
It was called in response to the passage of the coercive acts by the british parliament -
Second Continental Congress
The second continental congress was a another meeting with the same delegates from the first continental congress
