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Magna Carta
Charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede. It would make peace between the unpopular king and a group of rebel barons. -
Petition of Right
Major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties o the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. It was sent ny the English Parliament. -
English Bill of Rights
It was the precursor of the Constitution. It limited the power of English sovereign and was written as an act of Parliament. -
Albany Plan of Union
A plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. It was the first important proposal to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole united under one government. -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers killed 5 male civilans and injured 6 others. British troops were stationed in Boston. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists protest 13 years of increasing British oppression by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor. In retailation, the British close the port and inflict even higher penalties. -
First Continental Congress
A meeting of delegates from 12 of 13 colonies. -
Second Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that stated meeting in the summer of 1775. It managed the colonial war effort and moved the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Declaration of Independence
The 13 American colonies regarded themselves as 13 newly independent sovereign states and no longer part of the British Empire. 56 delegates to the Continental Congress. -
Articles of Confederation
It was the first constStates adopted by the Continental Congress. However, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all 13 states didn't occur until March 1, 1781. -
Shay's Rebellion
It was an armed uprising that took place in Massachusetts. It was a post-revolutionary clash between New England farmers and merchants. -
Virginia Plan
A proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorom to assemble at the constitutional convention of 1787. -
Philadelphia Convention
55 delegates from 12 states. This adressed the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation. -
New Jersey Plan
Proposal for the structure of the US government presented by William Paterson at the Constitution Convention. It was a response to the Virginia Plan. -
George Washington
First president of the United States. The Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third President of the United States. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. Issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever freed slaves. -
Civil Rights Movement
Mass protest movement against racial segregation and discrimination in the southern United States. It was led by Martin Luther King Jr. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He was assinated on April 4, 1968
