US Government Timeline- Z.C.

  • Magna Carta
    1214

    Magna Carta

    A document, signed by the king, that limited monarchy and subjected everyone to the law.
  • Jamestown VA

    Jamestown VA

    The first permanent settlement.
  • Jamestown: House of Burgesses

    Jamestown: House of Burgesses

    The first colonial legislator in the British-American colonies.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    Prohibited colonists from settling in the west.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    A tax imposed on sugar by the British.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Imposed tax on all printed good by Britain. Resulted in widespread protests.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    British imposed tax on tea, resulted in the Boston Tea Party.
  • Coercive Acts

    Coercive Acts

    British retaliation against the colonists, result of the Boston Tea Party.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    A meeting which repealed the Intolerable Acts, resulted in more boycotts, and allowed colonists to for militias.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    United support for the American Revolution, which resulted in the Declaration of Independence.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    A document which declared American Independence from Britain.