constitutional timeline - Xander Smith

A charter of rights agreed on by King John of England made to make peace between the unpopular King and a rebel group of barons promising protection of church rights, illegal imprisonment, and access to swift justice.

The Magna Carta was created as a reassertion of rights against an oppressive political power, thus making most of the constitutions declarations of rights intended to guarantee individual citizens a list of protections and immunities from the state government.

It was the first document to establish self-government in the New World, later becoming a mold used in the creation of the U.S. constitution.

The Bill creates a separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election and bolsters freedom of speech, these are rights that the U.S. constitution is made up of.

The English Bill of Rights contributed to the constitution by clearly
establishing that the monarchy could not rule without the consent of Parliament. The English Bill put in place a constitutional
form of government in which the rights and liberties of the individual were protected under English law

delegates from each of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts.

Their ultimate goal was to end what they felt to be the abuses of parliamentary authority and to retain their rights, which had been guaranteed under Colonial charters and the English constitution.

The American Revolution was a time when the British colonists in America rebelled against the rule of Great Britain for the freedom of the 13 colonies.

The American Revolution created an entirely new nation founded on democratic principles, contributing to the constitution.

Made to plan the structure of the new government and to create a confederate kind of government.

The Articles loose confederation of sovereignty and weak central government made way for a stronger federal government, eventually leading to the U.S. constitution.

The formal statement, written by our founding fathers declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.

Set forth the ideas and principles behind a just and fair government, and the Constitution outlined how this government would function.

an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis among the citizenry and the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades.

Showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation, and that the government gave most of its power to the individual states.