The document outlines key historical milestones in American constitutional development, beginning with the English constitution's foundation in the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights. It then explores Native American societies before European contact, the colonial experience in Virginia and Massachusetts, and significant events leading to a shift toward independence. Finally, it discusses the road to the Revolutionary War and the evolution of state constitutions.

1. We the People
i Rights of Englishmen
I. the “uncollected” English constitution (3-17)
A. Magna Carta, 1215
B. Petition of Right, 1628
C. Habeas Corpus Act, 1679
1. Whigs and Tories
2. Glorious Revolution, 1688
D [English] Bill of Rights, 1689
II. “Before the white man came…” (18-34)
A. the real people
1. images
B. origins to “contact”
1. Beringia
C. Iroquois Confederacy “Haudenosaunee” (People of the Long House)
1. “Gayanashagowa” (Great Law of Peace)
2. Beaver Wars (1609-1711)
D. the fall line
III. the colonial experience (35-49)
A. Virginia, 1607
←1. precedents
←2. 1619-The 3 ‘B’s
←a. Black men
←b. Burgesses
←c. Brown “gold” (tobacco)
←3. 1500s-The 3 ‘G’s
← a. God
← b. Gold
← c. Glory
←B. Massachussetts, 1620
← 1. religious roots
← 2. the foundation legends
← 3. colonial charters- CT & RI
←C. Proprietary Colonies
← 1. Maryland, 1632
← 2. Carolina, 1663
← 3. Pennsylvania, 1681
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2. IV. 1676; the end of American independence (50-72)
A. Anglo-Dutch Wars (3 from 1652-75)
←1. James, Duke of York and Albany, later king James II (1685-88)
←2. Province of New York, 1665
← a. “the center of empire in America”-Webb
← 1. Daniel Garacontié (Onondaga sachem), Edmund Andros, and James Stuart
←B. “Gustawhenta” (the Covenant Chain)
←1. mutual ambitions
←2. Iroquois strike south
←C. Bacon’s Rebellion, 1676-77
← 1. causes
← a. Sir Wm Berkeley (1605-77)
← b. Indian attacks
← 2. results
← a. rebellion crushed
← b. Berkeley’s regime replaced by Royal rule
← c. “the end of American independence”
←D. King Philip’s War, 1675-76
V. the road to 1776 (73-91)
A. Dominion of New England, 1686-89
← B. Mercantilism
←1. Bullionism-wealth = Au & Ag (gold & silver)
← a. need for a “favorable balance of trade”-- exports > imports
←2. colonialism
← a. source of raw materials
← b. market for manufactures
←3. trade restrictions
← a. Navigation Acts, 1651-1772
←C. Great War for Empire, 1688-1763
← 1. King Wm’s War, 1688-97
← 2. Queen Anne’s War, 1702-13
← 3. King George’s War,1744-48
← 4. French & Indian War, 1754-1763
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←D. Britain tightens control
←1. royal governors vs colonial assemblies
←2. taxes, troops & tea
←E. Revolutionary War, 1775-83
←1. from Rights of Englishmen to Independence
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VI. the state constitutions ( 92- 98)
1. George Mason (1726-1792)
2. The Virginia State Constitution, 1776
← 3. States as “laboratories of democracy”--USSC Justice Louis Brandeis
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