Roots Of American Democracy

Magna Carta/ Great Charter

Jun 10, 1215

• King James was forced to sign
• Curb King , make him govern old English
• Originally called ‘Articles Of Barons’

Jamestown Colony

May 14, 1607

• 3 ships
• 100 men and boys
• 4 months at sea
• 1609-1610 “the starving time”

House of Burgesses

Jul 30, 1619

• Jamestown
• Symbol of Representative Government
• 22 members

Plymouth Colony

Sep 16, 1620

• 102 passengers
• 65 days at sea
• Pilgrim fathers: William Brewster, John Carver, Edward Winslow, and William Bradford

Fundamentals Orders Of Connecticut

Jan 14, 1634

• Adopted by representatives from Hartford
• Thomas Hooker, John Hayes, Roger Ludlow
• First Constitution formed government

Culpeper's Rebellion

Jan 30, 1677

-protest British Navigation Acts
-denied free market out of England
-Written by William S. Smith , Jr.

Glorious Revolution

Jan 19, 1688

• French Catholic King Louis XIV
• Financial Revolution
• Charles II alienated politically and militarily English segment

French and Indian War

Jan 23, 1689

• Opened hostilities
• Built conflict toward America
• Navigation Acts

English Bill of Rights

Dec 16, 1689

• Laws and liberties of Kingdom
• Election of members of Parliament ought to be free
• Violating freedom of election of members serve in parliament

Salem Witch Trails

Jan 24, 1692

• From June to September
• Many went to jail for months
• 19 men and women

Albany Plan Of Union

Jul 10, 1754

• 7 British North American colonies adopted
• Albany Congress
• Albany Plan failed

Proclamation Line of 1763

Jan 24, 1763

• John Smith and others tried to gain more control over territory
• First started in Jamestown
• Lands on East Coast

Sugar/Revenue Act of 1764

Apr 5, 1764

-reduced the tax rate
-foregin goods tax included
-hurt the British West Indies

Stamp Act

Nov 1, 1765

• Was passed by the British Parliament
• Next tax was imported on all American colonist

Townsend Act

Jan 1, 1767

• The purpose was to raise revenue in colonist to pay salaries of govt. and judges
• Become independent

Intoerable Acts

Mar 5, 1770

• Response to Boston Tea Party
• Series of laws
• Impartial
• Massachusetts
• Boston Port
• Quarting Act
• Quebac Act

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

• British Army killed 5 men
• British troops been stationed in Boston
• Since 1768 order to protect/support

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

• Revolutionary movement
• No new taxes
• Led to Boston Tea Party
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htm

Boston Tea Party

Nov 29, 1773

• Memorial marker
• King George III
• Colonies Refused to pay taxes
• Rather drink tea than pay taxes http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/intolerableactsdef.htm

Edenton Tea Party

Aug 22, 1774

• Met at St. Paul’s church
• Over 50 women signed a pledge to increase the use of East India Tea
• Helped Edenton

First Continental Congress

Oct 26, 1774

• Carpenter’s Hall
• Elected by colonial legislatures
• All colonies except Georgia sent delegates

Committees of Correspondence

Jan 24, 1775

• “Intolerable Acts”
• Chairman- Abraham Yates, Jr.
• Had authority throughout Albany County

Mecklenburg Resolves

May 31, 1775

• American colonies declared rebellion
• Called Charlotte Town Resolves
• Proclaimed all laws not valid

Halifax Resolves

Apr 12, 1776

• Met in Halifax County
• 83 members
• Vote for independence from Great Britain

Second Continental Congress

May 10, 1776

• Met after battles of Lexington and Concord
• State House of Philadelphia
• 65 delegates

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Signers
• John Adams
• John Hancock
• Samuel Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• John Penn
• Many more

Articles of Confederation

Mar 1, 1781

• Written during the early American Revolution
• “united colonies”
• Agreed on by the congress on November 15, 1777

Treaty of Paris

Sep 3, 1783

• Ended Revolutionary War
• Signed by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay
• Agreed to move all troops from new nation

Land Ordinance of 1785

May 20, 1785

• Laid foundations of American Land
• New National domain
• Adopted by United States Congress

Shay's Rebellion

Jan 25, 1786

• Economic depression
• Followed Revolutionary War
• Ended in 1787

Constitutional Convention

Jan 24, 1787

• State House of Philadelphia
• 55 delegates
• “remote futurity”

Land Ordinance of 1787

Jul 13, 1787

• Called Northwest ordinance
• Act of Congress of the Confederation
• Provided for government of new territories

Federalist/Antifederalist Papers

May 28, 1788

• Written and published -those who were against the Constitution wrote essays
in 1787-1788 -1789
• 85 essays -felt the Constitution was weak
• Reference for the U.S
Constitution