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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
info/photo-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta -Nobles rebel
-King John forced to sign
-caused by abused pwer by King John
-established that no one is above the law -
Jan 1, 1500
Mercantilism
info-http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h622.html
photo-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantilism -economic nationalism for the purpose of building a wealthy and powerful state
-to achieve a "favorable" balance of trade that would bring gold and silver into the country -
Jamestown Colony
-First permanent English settlement
-Located in Virginia
-Named after king James I
-214 people, only 60 survived the hard winter info-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown_Settlement
photo-http://ushistoryimages.com/jamestown-colony.shtm -
House of Burgess
info-http://www.ushistory.org/us/2f.asp
photo-http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=house%20of%20burgesses&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=
-First assembly of elected representatives of English colonists in North America.
-Created by the Virginia company to encourage English craftsmen to settle in North America. -
Plymouth Colony
-2nd permanent English colony
-Pilgrims
-First Thanksgiving
-Intended to be settled at the mouth of the Hudson River
-102 colonists, fewer than half survived the winter info-http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h522.html
photo-http://ushistoryimages.com/plymouth-colony.shtm -
Mayflower Compact
info-http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/PrimarySources/MayflowerCompact.php
photo-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_Compact
-drawn in response to "mutinous speeches"
-temporarily established government -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
info-http://www.constitution.org/bcp/fo_1639.htm
photo-http://www.law.uconn.edu/content/connecticut-legal-firsts-part-three-fundamental-orders -basic law of the connecticut colony
-main concern of the Fundamental Orders was the welfare of the community -
Glorious Revolution
photo/info-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution -The overthrow of the King James II of England
-Replaced by William and Mary
-King James II 's blood was the only blood shed due to his falling down and breaking his nose -
English Bill of Rights
photo/info-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_Rights_1689 -England
-ensures certain freedoms and a protestant political supremacy
-passed by the Prince of Orange -
Salem Witch Trials
-Salem, Mass.
-Many people hanged for being accused of witchery
-false accusations started by a group of girls
-hysteria broke out
-many people were hanged, and later found innocent
info-http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/brief-salem.html
photo-http://coryfamsoc.com/resources/articles/witch.htm -
Albany Plan of Union
info/photo-http://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/AlbanyPlan -plan to place the british North American colonies under a more centralized government
-proposed by Benjamin Franklin -
French and Indian War
info-http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/frin.htm
photo-http://www.web-books.com/eLibrary/ON/B0/B52/15MB52.html -Europe, Sweeden, Austria, and France to crush the power of Frederick the Great.
-English and French battled for colonial domination of North America. -
Proclamation Line of 1763
-closed off the frontier to colonial expansion
-fear of Indians
-all lands west of the heads of all rivers which flowed into the atlantic were off limits to settlers
info/photo-http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.htm -
Pntiac's Rebellion
info/photo-http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=539 -to prevent the incursion of whites, chief Pontiac urged the Ottawa Indians to rebel
-Other Indian tribes attacked English settlements as well
-English military took offensive in the fall of 17674 -
Sugar/ Revenue Act of 1764
info-http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.htm
photo-http://www.google.com/search?q=sugar%20revenue%20act&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=Y1UvT56
-enforced the collection of taxes on various goods to raise revenue to pay off british debt
-passed by the parliament of Great Britain -
Stamp Act
photo-http://www.google.com/search?q=stamp+act&safe=active&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=rKYhT66YDIaHtwfOxo2iCw&biw=1024&bih=636&sei=saYhT_jxO5LBtgfbnv1f
info-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_Act_1765
-American colonists must pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
-Passed by British Parliament
-Paid in valid British Currency
-Colonists opposed the tax -
Virginia Resolves
info/photo-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Resolves -Virginia General Assembly
-Answer to the Stamp Act of 1765
-resolution for the other acts passed earlier -
Sons of Liberty
info-http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sons.htm
photo-http://www.google.com/search?q=sons+of+liberty&hl=en&prmd=imvnsb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=N1gvT4q-CIHb0QGms7mACw&v
-made up of workers and tradesmen
-prepared to rebel against the Stamp Act
-Boston Tea Party -
Townshend Act
photo-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townshend_Acts
info-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townshend_Acts -To raise revenue in the colonies to pay government and judges
-resistance to pay these taxes led to the Boston Massacre -
Boston Massacre
photo/info-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre -British army killed 5 civilians after shooting into a crowd
-crowd was protesting the population of the soldiers in Boston
-Army killed 3 civilans instantly and wounded many others. -
Gaspee Affair (Incident)
photo/info-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasp%C3%A9e_Affair -Gaspee was a ship that enforced unpopular trade regulations
-Attacked by Abraham Whipple and John Brown's men
-The men looted and torched the ship -
Tea Act
info-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Act
photo-http://www.google.com/search?q=Tea+Act&safe=active&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=OqohT6HmNo6Xtwf91u2iCw&biw= -designed to prop up East India Company (tea company)
-Townshend duties were in action, causing the high taxes of the tea
-colonists opposed the tea tax greatly -
Boston Tea Party
photo/info-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party -revolt by the colonists in Boston against the British Parliament
-Colonists boarded 3 shiploads of taxed tea and destroyed it by throwing it in the harbor
-Colonists refused to pay the high taxes of the Tea Act plus the Townshend Acts -
Intolerable Acts
info/photo-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerable_Acts -Boston Port Act- stop the landing of shipping goods
-Mass. Government Act- better regulation of the government
-Quebec Act- puts in effect the provision for the gov. of Quebec
-Administraition of Justice Act- regulated the Justice system -
First Continental Congress
-brought together reps from each colony, except Georgia, to discuss their response to the "Intolerable Acts"
-To compose a statement of colonial rights to identify British violations to convince Britain to restore these rights info-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Continental_Congress
photo-http://www.usfca.edu/fac_staff/conwell/revolution/congress.htm -
Second Continental Congress
-agreed that a continental army would be created.
-British military threats were being made
-Redcoats storming boston info/photo-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress -
Declaration of Independence
-Declared the 13 original colonies
-Independence from Great Britain
-Named our explaination of separation
-3 parts: Preamble, List of Grievences, Conclusion info/photo-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence -
Articles of Confederation
-Created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government
-left most power with the state
-replaced, due to the lack of Federal government, on March 4,1789 info/photo-http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/articles.html -
Treaty of Paris
-Ended the American Revolutionary War with Britain and the US and its allies.
-Set borders to the US
-Britain removed all of its troops from the new nation photo/info-http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/treatyofparis1783def.htm -
Shay's Rebellion
-Result of high taxes and depression after the American Revolution
-Farmers protested and petitioned for more paper money
-Daniel Shay and followers rebelled taxes and high debt
info-http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h363.html
photo-http://www.rsafilms.com/company/rsa-usa/feature-directors/director/rj-cutler/shays-rebellion-americas-first-civil-war-2408 -
Constitutional Convention
-Met to address problems governing the US
-Virginia and New Jersey Plans were proposed for government
-delegates had to pick a plan which to operate under photo/info-http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/
