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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
This name is latin for "the great Character of liberties". The charter that King John of England issued recognizes the rights of persons to certain basic liberties. Such as due process, later also embodied in the Constitution.
This meant everyone was subjected to the law including the King. Nearly a third of the text has been rewritten throughtout the years. This is one of the most famous documents. -
French and Indian War
This war was between France and Britian and was aided by different Indian tribes. This was also known as the seven year war and marked another struggle of many between Birtian and France.
France expanded to the Ohio River valley and this caused many battles. This eventually led to Britich decalaring war on France in 1756. The war lasted from 1756-1763 and Great Britian came out victorious. -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation was issued by King George the III after Great Britian got Frances territory in North America. This forbade all settlement past a line drawn in the Appalachian Mountains.
The proclamation pretty much closed off the frontier to colonial expansion. It also defined four new colonies, Quebec, East Florida, Grenda, and West Florida. We won the land but couldn't go past the West. -
Sugar act
The sugar act is also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act. This was a revenue act passed by the parliment of Great Britian. This raised the duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies.
The British sugar growers in the west Indies became a monopoly on the colonial market. They set taxes on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies. This impacted the manufacture of rum in England. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering act required the colonies to house British soldiers. Some of the soldiers were houses in barracks but then they became to small. So they started housing them in inns, stables, and many other places.
They disputed the legality of this act because it was a violation of the Bill of rights. 1,500 British troops arrived in New York and they refused to comply with the act. This act expired on March 24, 1767. -
Formations of the Sons of Liberty
Britian was trying to be in control of the American colonies and tax them. The Sons of Liberty was a secret, underground organization that opposed the Stamp Act. The Sons of Liberty membership began to spread to the colonies.
They also attempted to stop American merchants from ordering British trade goods. They were all for America's indepence from Great Britian. These were groups of men, such as the ones that dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Declartory act
The declatory act was an act of the parlament of Great Britian. The act reppealed against the Stamp act and the changing of the lessining of the Sugar act.
The Declartory act was passes by Britian to confirm it's power to legislate for the colonies. They said their power was the same in America as it is in Britian. They asserted that the parlament's authority is to pass laws on the colonies contained and the phrase "in all cases whatsoever". Which meant the power to tax. -
Tea act
The tea act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britan on the American colonies. This granted the British East indian Company tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.
They desguised themselves as the Mohak Indians. They then went on board three ships carrying tea at the Boston Harbor, and destroyed over 92,000 pounds of tea. The tea act was the final straw in the events of British taxing things. -
Independence day
We celebrate Independence day every year on the 4th of July. On July 2nd the Congress adopted the Decleration of Independence. Two days later the congress approved the revised version and ordered it to be printed.
Many thought the Decleration was based on arguments of the British governement. John Adams described it as the "dress and ornement rather than Body, soul, or substance. In todays time we celebrate our troups and our freedom. -
Constitution
The constitution is a body of fundemental principales that according to the state or other organization is being governed.
In other words it established America's national government and garantied certain basic rightsfor citizens.
America's first Constitution was called the Articles of Confederation. Every State had their own plains and ideas for the new and improved constitution to make it work. The document was signed by the Constitution convention in Philadelphia.
