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Jun 15, 1215
magna carta.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta originally issued in the year 1215 and reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions. The later versions excluded the most direct challenges to the monarch's authority that had been present in the 1215 charter.
-Magna Carta was the first document forced onto an English King by a group of his subjects
-The charter was an important part of the extensive historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law in the English speaking world -
jamestown colony
the Virginia Company explorers landed on Jamestown Island to establish the Virginia English colony on the banks of the James River, 60 miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=6 -
house of burgess
The House of Burgesses was the first assembly of elected representatives of English colonists in North America http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Burgesses -
plymouth colony
was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 to 1691. The first settlement of the Plymouth Colony was at New Plymouth, a location previously surveyed and named by Captain John Smith. -
Mayflower comp act
-john carver
-william blackford
-edward winston
-issac allertion -
fundamental orders of connecticut
-thomas hooker.
-known as the worlds first constitution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Connecticut_Constitution#The_Fundamental_Orders -
culpepers rebellion
(1677) A demonstration of local antagonism to the syndicate of proprietors who administered the new colony of North Carolina\ http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-CulpepersRebellion.html -
Glorious revolution
-french catholic
-finacial revolution
he had his first drop of blood from falling down a stairs. -
English bill of rights
-laws and liberties of kingdom
-election of member of parliment aught to be free -
salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings before county court trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials -
committess of correspondence
he Committees of Correspondence were shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution
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french and indian war
The French and Indian War (1754–63) was a conflict between France and Great Britain that resulted in Britain taking over all French lands in North America http://www.enotes.com/topics/french-indian-war -
Proclamation of 1763
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.htm -the end of the indian and french
-removed serval ominous barriers. -
suger revenue act
was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain
-also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Act -
Stamp act
It was passed by the british parliments, the new tax was imposed on all american colonist. it requierd them to pay a tax on every piece of paper they used. http://thebritishbigbrothers.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/stamp_act_24821_lg.gif
http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm
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Townsend Act
The purpose of the Townshend Acts was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would be independent of colonial rule http://www.mrnussbaum.com/history/images/townshend2.jpg
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Boston Massacre
in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men. British troops had been stationed in Boston, capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, since 1768 in order to protect and support crown-appointed colonial officials attempting to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre -
Intolerable acts
-response to boston tea party
-serious of flaws -
edenton tea party
The Edenton Tea Party was a political protest in Edenton, North Carolina, in response to the Tea Act, which was passed by the British Parliament in 1773. Inspired by the Boston Tea Party
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tea act
-revolutinary movement
-no new taxes
-led to the boston tea party -
Boston tea party
-memorial marrent
-king george the third
-colonies refused to pay taxes. -
first continetal congress
colonists in the Americas become increasingly convinced that they needed to take more aggressive steps in order to protect themselves, and their liberty. -
second contnental congress
was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress -
mecklenburg resolves
That all officers, both civil and military, in the country, be entitled to exercise the same powers . http://www.hartslog.org/declar/1775.htm -
halifax resolves
The Halifax Resolves, so-named because the North Carolina Provincial Congress met in the town of Halifax, were part of a movement in the colonies in which advocates of separation from Great Britain sought to mobilize public support for a declaration of independence.
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United States Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. John Adams put forth a resolution earlier in the year which made a formal declaration inevitable
- basic laws.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence -
articles of confederation
an agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation -
treaty of paris
ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on the one hand and the United States of America and its allies on the other. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1783) -
land ordinace
Law passed by Congress that allowed for sales of land in the Northwest Territory and set up standards for land sale that became precedents. Among them was the idea of selling mile-square sections of land.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/landordinance1785def.htm -
shays rebellion
was an armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts from 1786 to 1787. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays'_Rebellion -
constitutional convention
met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document
that would replace the Articles of Confederation. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/convention1787.html -
land ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is considered part of America's "Organic Law."
http://vftonline.org/EndTheWall/NWOrd.htm -
federalist anti federlist papers
The Federalist Papers were written and published during the years 1787 and 1788 in several New York State newspapers to persuade New York voters to ratify the proposed constitution. the Federalist Papers consist of 85 essays outlining how this new government would operate and why this type of government was the best choice for the United States of
America All of the essays were signed "PUBLIUS" and the actual authors of some are under dispute http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/ -
albany plan of union
Commissioners to the Albany Congress approved the Albany Plan of Union on July 10, 1754.
The Albany Plan of Union was rejected by King George II and by all of the individual colonial governments that considered its adoption. http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?rec=524&view=quick-facts
