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Road to the Constitution

  • Jun 15, 1215

    The Magna Carta was signed

    The Magna Carta was signed
    The magna carta sets down rights which is the foundation of the constitution. The magna carta inspired settlers because it was almost a perfect set of laws in their eyes, and this is exactly what they were looking to build the US based upon.
  • Early American Settlers

    Early American Settlers
    Many people came to America for religious freedom and to start a new life with a fresh start. When they came over they brought along with them a democratic/republic government. A limited government forms a government with orderly regulations placed on it for what it can and cannot do. A representitive government is one in which officials are elected by the general populace to create public polocies. An ordered government is a form of governemnt with orderly regulations between all parts of the
  • The Mayflower Compact

    The Mayflower Compact
    The Promise of the compact was to proclaim allegiance to the king.
  • Pention Of Right

    Pention Of Right
    The pention of right is a major english constitutional document that sets out specific liberities of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. When people came to the americas they were looking for more freedom.
  • English Bill Of Rights

    The english bill of rights limited the power of the english sovern and was written as an act of parliment when settlers when to the americas they were looking for more freedom in their government.
  • The Creation Of The 13 Colonies (1607-1733)

    The creation of the 13 colonies was very hard for both women and men. Men had to work hard labors to pay taxes, and women had to stay home to cook and clean. The 13 colonies were still ruled by Britan, and at this time the colonies didnt have a good relationship with Britian because they wanted to be their own antion.
  • Albany Plan Of Union

    In 1745 tha albany plan was suggested by Benjerman Franklin in Albany New York to attempt forming a union of the colonies. The plan called for new lawyers, a new government, and a new president who would maintain relationships with governing the fronteir. The plan didnt work because not a single colonist assembly ratified it, and it was doubtful that royal officials would have approved it.
  • The Stamp Act

    This act was a rebelious act because officials taxed people and soldiers for stamps to pay the government.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massicure was essentally a street fight that occured on March 5, 1770 between a patriot mob and a squad of british soldiers. The purpose was to try and make liberal and moderate people become radicals. The tea act, stamp act, and townshed acts are all events that led up to it. As a result of the massicure there was a huge trial of who was guilty and who was not. not to mention a lot of unnecessary deaths.
  • The Tea Act And Boston Tea Party

    This act was where British taxted people on tea and as a rebellious act dumped all of the tea into the Boston harbor.
  • First Continental Congress

    The First Continental Congress was a response to the intolerable acts enacted by parliment. The act closed the Boston port, and boycotted Brittish goods until the tolerable acts were repealed. Trying to gain independence.
  • American Revolution

    The spark of the revolutionary war was the whole issue with taxes, and taxing people for evrything. They started tightning down on what they could and could not do. Their goals were to seperate themselves from the british empire. The major changes was that there was a low population.
  • Second Continental Congress

    The meetings called by colonial leaders to plan a response by the british parliments to assert its control over the 13 colonies. Two meetings were held because britian rejected the first plan, and the second meeting drafted the decloration of independence.
  • The Decloration Of Independence

    The Decloration Of Independence is a doccument that declares the US to be Independent of the Brittish crown. It was signed on july 4, 1776. The foundational values are being self evident, holding the truth, and living their values and laws.
  • The Articles Of Confederation

    This was the first drafted constitution of the United Stetes. It had a weak central government leaving the power with the state governments. This led to the constitutional convention. It was the origional binding of the US and served as the surpreme law of the land. Some of the strengths of the AOC was it sought to combine the colonies under a single government. The problem with this was that the central government wasnt able to pass laws or taxes if the state didnt approve.
  • The End Of The Revolutionary War And The Critical Period Of The 1780's

    The Articles Of Confederation was considered inadequate framework for the constitution because it had a very weak central government. The problems that arose were that states didnt do as they said they would and people (such as the military) got shorted.
  • Mount Vermont 1785

    Mount Vermont was an extention of the Alandria Virginia meeting between Maryland and Virginia delegates on matters of commerce, navigation, and fishing rights on the potomac river. Its seen as stepping stones towards the constitution because it managed to work out an agreement.
  • annapolis 1786

    This was a meeting of 12 delegates from New Jersey, New York, Pensilvania, Delaware, and Virgina where they all called for a constitutional convention. The convention met from September 11-September 14 1786, and was called to discuss rules and regulations on how to trade between the 13 colonies. The great american milestone was the articles of confederationd and then the constitutional convention, then the constitution of the united states.
  • The 1787 Constitutional Convention

    The 1787 Constitutional Convention
    This convention was held to discuss problems of weak central government that existed under the articles of confederation. As a result of this convention came the great compromise. The goals of the revolution was to try and agree on laws that people wanted
  • The Connecticut Compromise

    A 1787 convention that was put forth to end conflict between big states and small states. It arose from the Virginia plan anf the New Jersey plan. As a result of it we now have the bicameral legeslative branch.
  • The Virginia Plan (The First Proposed Replacment For The Articles Of Confederation)

    The Virginia plan opposed the New Jersey plan and said that representation for new legislature should be based off of population rather than have equal representation for new states.
  • The New Jersy Plan (The Second Proposed Placement For The Articles Of Confederation)

    This plan was designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in congress. Some people opposed it because Its acceptance would have doomed plans for a small national government.
  • The Three-Fifths Compromise

    This compromise stated that every slave got 3/4 of a vote counted, and the slave holder got more representation in congress.
  • The Constitution Goes Int Effect In 1789

    "The U.S Constitution does not guarantee happiness, just the persuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself." -United States Constitution.
  • Ratifying The Constitution: The Federalists V.S. The Anti-Federalists

    Ratify: To sign or give formal concent to a tready, contract, or agreement, making it offically valid. The federalists favored a strong national government. The Anti-federalists believed the constitution gave too much power to the central government and left the states with too little. Federalists won because of the federalist papers which helped the anti-federalists in New York to ratify it on 1791.