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Established many fundamental concepts later found in the US constitution. -
First permanent English settlement in North America. -
First colonial legislature is established in Viriginia. -
Arrival of the Pilgrims to New England leads to the establishment of the Mayflower Compact creating a social contract for governing. -
forbid British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains to manage new territories and prevent conflict with Native Americans. This led to the greater involvement of the British government in America. -
Tax on sugar imported to the American colonies and was viewed as a rights violation by the colonists. -
Tax on documents and other goods that led to widespread protests and grievances being sent to king George III. Parliament repeals act but reasserts control. Beginning of the "No Taxation Without Representation" idea. -
States approve the articles and becomes the first constitution of the US. -
Representatives from many states set out to rewrite the articles and later led to the creation of a new constitution. -
Resolved a dispute between Southern and Northern states over whether and how enslaved people should be counted when determining a state's total population for both legislative representation in the House of Representatives and federal taxation. -
established a bicameral legislature with proportional representation in the House and equal representation in the Senate. -
9 states ratify the constitution and becomes the law of the land and provides the framework for the entire US government. -
First Presidential election where George Washington was unanimously elected president. -
Known as first political party, founded by Alexander Hamilton. -
First ten amendments known together as the bill of rights is adopted. This guarantees many freedoms for the people from the government we have to this day. -
This group was organized in opposition to the Federalists by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. -
Eleventh amendment is passed which protects states from certain lawsuits from citizens that don't live in the state they are suing. -
After the close election of 1800, the change of party in the presidency established an important precedent. -
Established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review. -
The Louisiana Purchase dramatically expanded U.S. territory and federal power, challenging Jefferson's strict constructionism by proving the need for implied powers to govern vast new lands. Increased Federal control. -
Amendment made because of the election of 1800 and now makes it so the vice president and president are voted for together instead of the old first and second place system. -
Warns European powers against further colonization or interference in the Western Hemisphere, establishing it as a foundational U.S. foreign policy principle. -
Established African Americans as noncitizens and allowed slavery in the territories. -
Declared all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory to be free. It shifted the war's focus to include the abolition of slavery as a central moral objective and allowed for the enlistment of African American soldiers into the Union Army. -
Passed after civil war and abolished slavery. First of the reconstruction amendments. -
Amendment made anyone born on US soil a citizen so former slaves could be citizens and gave all citizens equal protections. -
Allowed any man regardless of color or race to vote. Would later lead to state laws making it difficult. -
Established the concept of separate but equal, later overturned by Brown v. Board. -
Allowed the federal government to collect income tax to make money. -
Allowed for the people to vote for their senators. States chose them before then. -
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States. -
Gave women the right vote. -
Led to the Great Depression and eventually paved the way for FDR's new deal. -
FDR's new deal saw increase in the federal government's involvement in the lives of Americans and the economy as it tries to soften the blow of the Great Depression. -
Changed President's Inauguration date and start date for congress. -
Repealed the 18th Amendment (Prohibition). -
Authorized the military to create exclusion zones, leading to the forced incarceration of over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, mostly U.S. citizens, from the West Coast into concentration camps during WWII. -
Established policy of containment in the early stages of the cold war. -
Established presidential term limits to 2 terms. -
Declared state-sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional. -
Granted D.C. residents ability to vote in presidential elections with 3 electoral votes. -
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for indigent defendants in felony cases. -
Abolished poll taxes in federal elections. -
It was prompted by alleged attacks on U.S. destroyers by North Vietnamese forces in the Gulf of Tonkin and authorized the president to use military force in Southeast Asia. -
Established the now well-known Miranda rights stated now before police questioning. -
Established the line of succession for the presidency after the vice president. -
Set voting age in the US to 18. -
Limited the president's ability to commit U.S. forces to armed conflict without congressional approval in response to concerns from the Vietnam War. -
Nixon becomes the only president to ever resign facing impeachment after the Watergate Scandal. -
Made it so pay changes take effect after the next election and not immediately. -
The ultimate outcome was not known for over a month due to a prolonged dispute over the vote count in Florida, which was finally settled by the Supreme Court in the case of Bush v. Gore on December 12, 2000. This case made many changes in how elections are now run. -
Attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, led to increased security, expanded federal power, and caused the War on Terror. -
The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 attacks to target Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. -
The Act was created to help deter future terrorist attacks by expanding the authority of U.S. federal officials in direct response to 9/11. -
The Bush administration claimed Iraq possessed WMDs and supported terrorism, though these claims proved largely unfounded but led to the end of Hussein's regime. -
lead to job losses in public sectors, and increasing demand for safety net programs like Unemployment Insurance (UI) and TANF, while also spurring large-scale federal interventions like the ARRA stimulus package and bailouts for financial institutions. -
Obama became the 44th president and first African American President. -
Ruled that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited. -
landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court which ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. -
Covid pandemic led to stimulus checks and tighter government control to prevent spread.