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Jun 15, 1215
The Magna Carta was signed in
The Magna Carta was signed on June 15 1215. Written in Latin, the Magna Carta (or Great Charter) was effectively the first written constitution in European history. Of its 63 clauses, many concerned the various property rights of barons and other powerful citizens, suggesting the limited intentions of the framers. The benefits of the charter were for centuries reserved for only the elite classes, while the majority of English citizens still lacked a voice in government. -
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Christopher Columbus
On 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue on a long journey to find new land -
Jamestown was founded
Jamestown the first ever English colony was founded on May 14 1607 -
The first African slaves were imported to Jamestown
In 1619 the first ever African slaves where brought to Jamestown which started slavery originally -
The American revolution from April19 1765 - September 3 of 1783
The American Revolution, arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown. This is an important event in history as it marks one of the most impactful wars that we have had. -
Stamp act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. The act, which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, came at a time when the British Empire was deep in debt from the Seven Years' War (1756-63) and looking to its North American colonies as a revenue source. -
Townsend Acts of 1767
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. -
Boston tea party
The Boston tea party was a political act where angry and or furious American colonist dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The colonists where mad because they were getting taxed so they made up the famous slogan no taxation without representation. -
Declaration of Independence
On 1775 the Declaration of Independence was signed and born. It was the first formal statement by a nation’s people asserting their right to choose their own government. And also a very important part in U.S. history. -
The battle of bunker hill
On June 17, some 2,200 British forces under the command of Major General William Howe (1729-1814) and Brigadier General Robert Pigot (1720-96) landed on the Charlestown Peninsula then marched to Breed’s Hill. This is a very important date and battle in the revolution. -
Boston massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. The conflict energized anti-British sentiment and paved the way for the American Revolution. -
Common sense
Common Sense was the first pamphlet to advocate American independence. -
Bill of rights
After the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the Founding Fathers turned to the composition of the states’ and then the federal Constitution. -
The civil war
The Civil War in the United States began in 1861, after decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern states over slavery, states’ rights and westward expansion. This deleted with blacks and their rights and at this time slavery was going on. -
Gettysburg Address
In November 1863, President Abraham Lincoln was invited to deliver remarks, which later became known as the Gettysburg Address, at the official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, on the site of one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the Civil War.
