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Created by MissLeigha on Mar 7, 2011

Last updated: 03/07/11 at 08:07 AM

Tags: Civics

• Dipity Timeline Created
  Mar 7, 2011 7:14 AM

• Declaration of Independence
  Jul 4, 1776

  When the United States declared their independence from Britian.

• 2nd Continental Congress
  May 10, 1775

  A convention of delegates that met soon after warfare began.

• 1st Continental Congress
  Sep 5, 1774

  A convention of delegates that met in response to the passage of the Intolerable Acts.

• Social Contract Theory
  1763

  One theory of how political authority can arise. (Government is based on the consent of the people.)

• English Bill of Rights
  Dec 16, 1689

  Described the abuses of the king that led to his departure and defined an agreement between Parliament and William of Orange if he was to be king.

• Fundementals Orders of Connecticut
  Jul 1638

  The three towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield chose representatives and held a general court at Hartford.

• Mayflower Compact
  Nov 11, 1620

  A written agreement of the new Settlers arriving in Plymouth.

• The Virginia House of Burgesses
  Jul 30, 1619

  The first legislature in the English colonies.