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King John signed Magna Carta. Shifted England to rule of law rather than rule of man. -
Required monarchs to obtain Parliamentary approval before levying taxes. Couldn't unlawfully imprison people.
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Caused by conflict between Charles and Parliament. Charles defeated and beheaded. -
William and Mary were chosen to rule, but were forced to govern according to statues of Parliament.
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English Bill of Rights is passed including free speech and protection from cruel and unusual punishment. -
The act increased duties on non-British goods shipped to the colonies -
required colonists to pay for stamps to be affixed to various documents and items -
British soldiers fired into crowd and killed 5 colonists. -
dumped all 342 chests of tea from Britain into the water. -
a series of five laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party and colonial resistance to British rule -
Declaration of Independence is signed by the delegates to the Second Continental Congress -
AOC ratified by all 13 states -
established a government for the Northwest Territory, which included the area west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Mississippi River -
US Constitution was signed by delegates to the Constitutional Convention. -
Bill of Rights was ratified. Convinced the Anti-Federalists to approve of the Constitution. -
limits the ability of individuals to sue states in federal court if they are not citizens of that state. -
established judicial review
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The 12th Amendment established a procedure for electing the president and vice president -
implied powers and federal supremacy.
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The Court held that it is the role of the federal government to regulate commerce and that state governments cannot develop their own commerce-regulating laws. -
to discuss and advocate for the rights of women in society, religion, and politics
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Congress could not prohibit slavery in territories, and African Americans also had no right to sue in federal court.
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abolished slavery in the United States -
It granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States -
prohibits states from denying the right to vote to any citizen based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
It prohibited Chinese laborers from immigrating for 10 years -
upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws, establishing the "separate but equal" doctrine
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Allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states based on population -
provided for the direct election of U.S. senators by the voters -
best known for creating the "clear and present danger" test meaning that speech could be restricted if it presented a clear and present danger.
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prohibited the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol in the United States -
prohibits the government from restricting the right to vote based on sex -
giving citizenship to all American Indians born in the United States
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changed the start and end dates of presidential and congressional terms. -
It repealed the previous Eighteenth Amendment which had established a nationwide ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol -
limits the number of terms a president can serve to two
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A unanimous Court overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and held that state laws requiring or allowing racially segregated schools violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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a federal law that strengthened voting rights and addressed other civil rights issues
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permitted citizens of Washington, D.C., the right to choose electors in presidential elections
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It abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections. -
the Court found that the Fifth and Sixth Amendments require police to inform individuals in custody that they have a right to remain silent and to be assisted by an attorney. -
set forth succession rules relating to vacancies and disabilities of the office of the president and of the vice president
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lowered the minimum voting age to 18 for all elections, state and federal -
The Court held that, under the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause, states may only restrict abortions toward the end of a pregnancy, in order to protect the life of the woman or the fetus.
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a federal law that limits the president's power to commit the U.S. to armed conflict without congressional consent -
allowed Native American groups to control federally funded programs in their communities
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ruled that police officers may not use deadly force to stop a fleeing suspect unless they have probable cause to believe the suspect poses a significant threat of serious injury or death.
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established a standard for determining whether a police officer's use of force was reasonable
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prevents changes to the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until after the next election of the House of Representatives