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A document, signed by the king, that limited monarchy and subjected everyone to the law. -
Columbus discovers America -
The first permanent settlement. -
The first colonial legislator in the British-American colonies. -
This foundational document created a "civil body politic" for order and law, pledging submission to the colony's rules for the general good. -
Prohibited colonists from settling in the west. -
A tax imposed on sugar by the British. -
Imposed tax on all printed good by Britain. Resulted in widespread protests. -
British imposed tax on tea, resulted in the Boston Tea Party. -
British retaliation against the colonists, result of the Boston Tea Party. -
A meeting which repealed the Intolerable Acts, resulted in more boycotts, and allowed colonists to for militias. -
United support for the American Revolution, which resulted in the Declaration of Independence -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, were the first major military actions between the British Army and Patriot militias from British America's Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolutionary War. -
A document which declared American Independence from Britain. -
the first constitution of the United States, establishing a "league of friendship" among the thirteen states. -
freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition -
Right to Bear Arms -
Search and Seizure -
Quartering of Soldiers -
Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self Incrimination, Due Process, Takings -
Right to Speedy Trial by Jury, Witnesses, Counsel -
Jury Trial in Civil Lawsuits -
Excessive Fines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment -
Non-Enumerated Rights Retained by People -
Rights Reserved to States or People -
Suits Against States -
Election of President and Vice President -
The Battle of Gettysburg was a three-day battle in the American Civil War, which was fought between the Union and Confederate armies between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated -
Abolition of Slavery -
Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt -
The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1870, granted African American men the right to vote by prohibiting states from denying suffrage based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" -
The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving Congress the power to levy a federal income tax. -
It established the direct election of United States senators in each state. -
Establishing national prohibition of alcohol. -
It granted American women the right to vote -
The Great Depression officially began with the stock market crash. -
shortens the "lame duck" period by moving the start of presidential and congressional terms to January 20th and January 3rd, respectively, after the November election, and provides procedures for presidential succession if the President-elect dies or becomes incapacitated before inauguration -
Ending the national prohibition of alcohol (Prohibition) in America. -
A surprise aerial assault by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the U.S. naval base in Hawaii, which led directly to the United States entering World War II the following day. -
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice. -
The Vietnam War pitted communist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the United States. The war ended when US forces withdrew in 1973. -
granted residents of Washington, D.C. (the District of Columbia) the right to vote in presidential elections by giving the district electors in the Electoral College -
John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas. -
It abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections. -
This amendment clarifies procedures for presidential and vice-presidential succession and addresses presidential disability or incapacitation. -
Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight to land humans on the Moon, conducted by NASA from July 16 to 24, 1969. -
It lowered the voting age for all Americans to eighteen years. -
The amendment prevents Congress from passing laws that increase or decrease the salaries of its members until after a new election has taken place. -
Colloquially and perhaps more commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.