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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta (Great Charter) is widely viewed as one of the most important legal documents in history, enshrining the concepts of government accountability and protection of individual rights -
French And Indian War
The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution. -
Albany Plan Of Union
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies. -
Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
Declaratory Act
The American Colonies Act 1766, commonly known as the Declaratory Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act. -
Boston Massacre
a riot in Bosto arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
Articles Of Confederation
An agreement among the thirteen original states, approved in 1781, that provided a loose federal government before the present Constitution went into effect in 1789. -
Treaty Of Paris
negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. -
United States Constitution
The Constitution of the United States established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens.