Roots of American Democracy Timeline



Roots of American Democracy Timeline

Directions: Read each description of a significant time period in the development of the American democratic government. Then write the appropriate letter of each statement beside the matching date on the historical time line. (Use Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 sec1)

|Year |Answer | |Description |

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|1215 | | |A. Shay’s Rebellion sends message of the need for a stronger national government. |

|p. 33 | | | |

|1600s | | |B. The first battles of the Revolutionary War occur. |

|p. 36 | | | |

|1619 | | |C. The Magna Carta is signed. It limits the power of the monarch and gives equal rights to all English people. |

|p. 36 | | | |

|1688 | | |D. The Virginia House of Burgesses is formed, marking the beginning of self-government in colonial America. The |

|p. 33 | | |Mayflower Compact follows. |

|1689 | | |E. England establishes colonies in America. |

|p. 37 | | | |

|1733 | | |F. British adopt policy for mercantilism – building intense resentment from colonists. |

|p. 37 | | | |

|1760 | | |G. Colonists protest excessive taxation with the Boston Tea Party. Britain responds with the passage of the Coercive |

|p. 51 | | |Acts, which restrict the colonists’ rights. |

|1773 | | |H. By this year, 13 colonies have created their own governments. |

|p. 53 | | | |

|1774 | | |I. James II is removed form the throne by Parliament. From that time on, no ruler in England would have more power |

|p. 54 | | |than the legislature. This event would become known as the Glorious Revolution. |

|1775 | | |J. The First Continental Congress meets and demands that rights be restored to the colonists. |

|p. 54 | | | |

|1776 | | |K. The English Bill of Rights is signed, declaring liberties for Parliament members, such as free speech during |

|p. 56 | | |meetings. |

|1783 | | |L. Members if the Second Continental Congress sign the Declaration of Independence. |

|p. 69 | | | |

|1786/1787 | | |M. The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Revolutionary War. |

|p. 70 | | | |

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