Government Timeline

By hjgwd51
  • Period: 1212 to

    Government Timeline

    By. Brissey Jackson
  • Magna Carter Issued
    1215

    Magna Carter Issued

    Magna Carter Issued limiting Royal power and established law as power itself. Constitution was modeled after the Magna Carter
  • Columbus's Letter of Discovery
    1493

    Columbus's Letter of Discovery

  • May Flower Compact

    May Flower Compact

    Pilgrims' legal agreement of self-government.
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights established the principles of Parliamentary Privilege.
  • Patrick Henry's Speech

    Patrick Henry's Speech

    Patrick Henry's Speech "Give Me Liberty or Give me Death"
  • Thomas Paine "Common Sense"

    Thomas Paine "Common Sense"

    Individual Rights
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Declared independence from England
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    First Constitution of US. Established guidelines for new states.
  • Northwest Ordinance

    Northwest Ordinance

  • U.S. Constitution Ratified

    U.S. Constitution Ratified

    Made the Constitution the law of the U.S.
  • Tenth Amendment

    Tenth Amendment

    Powers of Federal Government are limited by the powers provided by the Constitution.
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights

    First 10 Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. Guaranteed individual rights.
  • Eleventh Amendment

    Eleventh Amendment

    State Sovereignty and Judicial Power.
  • Alien and Sedition Acts

    Alien and Sedition Acts

    Rules for people not citizens in U.S.
  • Washington, DC established as US capital

    Washington, DC established as US capital

  • Federalist Era

    Federalist Era

    Dominated by Federalist from 1789-1801
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Doubled size of the U.S. with no bloodshed.
  • Twelfth Amendment

    Twelfth Amendment

    Procedures for electing the President and Vice President of the United States of America.
  • The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise

    Missouri entered Union as slave state, Maine as a free state.
  • The Monroe Doctrine

    The Monroe Doctrine

    Issued warning to European nations to stay out of affairs of America.
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo

    Ended War with Mexico
  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    Kansas Nebraska Act

    Made territories and chose whether to be a slave or free territory.
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    Begins at Fort Sumter
  • Democratic Era 1811-1861

    Democratic Era 1811-1861

    Dominated by Conservative leaning Democrats based in more slave Southern US areas.
  • Homestead Act

    Homestead Act

    Free Federal land to people who moved west and lived on the land.
  • Pacific Railroad Act

    Pacific Railroad Act

    Authorized the Constitution of Trans-Continental Railroad
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    Abraham Lincoln freed slaves in Confederate States.
  • Thirteenth Amendment

    Thirteenth Amendment

    Abolition of Slavery
  • Fourteenth Amendment

    Fourteenth Amendment

    Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Appointment, and Civil War debt
  • Fifteenth Amendment

    Fifteenth Amendment

    Rights to vote Not denied by race
  • Civil War Ended

    Civil War Ended

    at the Appomattox Courthouse
  • Thirteenth Amendment

    Thirteenth Amendment

    Abolished Slavery and Involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime.
  • Fourteenth Amendment

    Fourteenth Amendment

    Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and their rights to due process.
  • Act establishing Yellowstone National Park

    Act establishing Yellowstone National Park

  • Sixteenth Amendment

    Sixteenth Amendment

    Income tax
  • Seventeenth Amendment

    Seventeenth Amendment

    Popular election of senators
  • Eighteenth Amendment

    Eighteenth Amendment

    Prohibition of Liquor
  • Nineteenth Amendment

    Nineteenth Amendment

    Womens right to vote
  • Twentieth Amendment

    Twentieth Amendment

    Presidential term and secession, assembly of Congress
  • Republican Era 1861-1933

    Republican Era 1861-1933

    Dominated by socially liberal economically conservative Republicans.
  • Twenty-first Amendment

    Twenty-first Amendment

    Repeal of Prohibition
  • Twenty-second Amendment

    Twenty-second Amendment

    Two term limit on Presidency
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    Ruled segregation unconstitutional
  • Cooper v. Aaron

    Cooper v. Aaron

    Supreme court ruling that states can't nullify decisions of Federal Courts.
  • Twenty-third Amendment

    Twenty-third Amendment

    Presidential Vote for DC
  • Twenty-fourth Amendment

    Twenty-fourth Amendment

    Abolition of all poll taxes
  • Twenty-fifth Amendment

    Twenty-fifth Amendment

    Presidential Disability and secession
  • Right to vote at 18

    Right to vote at 18

  • Congressional Compensation Amendment

    Congressional Compensation Amendment

  • Grutter v. Bollinger Supreme Court Ruling

    Grutter v. Bollinger Supreme Court Ruling

    Colleges and Universities have a legitimate interest in promoting diversity.