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Aug 31, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta included guarantees of such fundamental rights as trail by jury and due process of law. It is like an protection. -
Petition of Rights
The Petiton of Rights limited the King's power in serveral ways. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill Of Rights prohibited a standing army in peacetime, except with consent of Parliament, and required that all parliamentary elections be free. -
The Albany Plan of Union
The Albany Plan of Union served as an inspirational primer for the writings of the Articles of Confederation. -
Boston Massacure
British troops in Boston fired on a jeering crowd, which killed 5 coloniests, which became known as the Boston Massacure. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of men, boarded 3 tea ships, then they broke open the chests and dumped the ships cargo into the sea to protest British control of the tea trade. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was groundbreaking because it was founded on the concept of "the consent of the governed," not divine right or tradtion as the basis for the exercise of power. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation established "a firm league of friendship" among the States. Each State kept "its sovereignty, freedom, and independance, and every Power, Jurisdiction, and right...not...expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled." -
Shay's Rebellion
Shays Rebellion was the fiercest outbreak of discontent in the early republic, and public feeling ran high on both sides -
Philadelphia Convention
The Philadelphia Convention is also knowen as the Federal Convention and the Constituational Convention. It is an Landmark in America. -
Virginia Plan
The Virginia PLan called for a new government with three seperate branches, also provided that all stat officers should take an oath to support the Union, and that each State be guaranteed a republican form of government. -
New Jersey Plan
The New Jersey Plan retained the unicameral Congress of the Confederation, with each of the states equally represented, and it also called for a "federal executive" of more than one person.
