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1628 BCE
Petition of Right
To limit the ruler -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Charta
A limit on King John's Power -
Jamestown settled
first British settlement -
Mayflower Compact
1st document of the Plymouth Colony -
English Bill of Rights
Dealing with Civil Rights -
Albany Plan of Union
Plan to create a government -
Stamp Act
imposed on all american colonists -
American Revolution Begins
13 colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy -
Boston Massacre
5 Colonists killed by British folks -
Boston Tea Party
Political protest by the Sons of Liberty dealing with taxes on tea -
Period: to
First & Second Continental Congress
Meeting of the 12 of 13 colonies about the American Rev. -
Intolerable Act
the reaction to boston t party -
Declaration of Independence
13 colonies become independent -
Articles of Confederation
The original Constitution -
Period: to
Shay's Rebellion
Uprising in Massachusetts -
Constitution Convention
to discuss improvements to the Articles of Confederation -
Period: to
Philadelphia Convention
after constitution -
Connecticut Compromise
the agreement between the states
