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in a field at Runnymede, King John affixed his seal to Magna Carta. Confronted by 40 rebellious barons, he consented to their demands in order to avert civil war.- national archives -
Christopher Columbus Makes Landfall in the Caribbean. sent by the u.k. to find a faster way to Asia Columbus instead found north America and the people in it -
the (lost) colony of Roanoke was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh it was the first permanent English settlement -
The Mayflower Compact, originally titled Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth, was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the men aboard the Mayflower, consisting of Separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen- wiki -
Opechancanough led a series of coordinated surprise attacks that concentrated on settlements upriver from Jamestown and succeeded in killing nearly a third of the English population- encyclopedia -
sumptuary law, any law designed to restrict excessive personal expenditures in the interest of preventing extravagance and luxury. The term denotes regulations restricting extravagance in food, drink, dress, and household equipment, usually on religious or moral grounds.- wiki -
requires all goods carried to and from England to be transported on English ships and that the colonies could export cotton, ginger, sugar, tobacco, and wool exclusively to England -
he first draft of the Fundamental Constitutions is in John Locke's handwriting, scholars have occasionally surmised that he was its author. Early editions of Locke's writings included the Fundamental Constitutions among his works. - wiki -
New England colonists and the several native clans was the deadliest in American history. -
an alleged plot to burn down New York City, leads authorities to burn 13 blacks alive, hang eight, and transport 71 out of the colony. -
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President Benjamin Harrison signed the Tarsney Act, which authorized the Treasury Department to hold competitions for federal building design -
The Spanish–American War began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence -
Amidst protests from both the American Institute of Architects and the Treasury Department, Congress repealed the Tarsney Act -
World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War in historical contexts, was a global conflict from 1914 to 1918. It was fought between two coalitions: the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. -
ww1 comes to a end with the Treaty of Versailles made by the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and Italy -
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash or the Crash of 29 was a major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929. It started in September, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed, and ended in mid-November.- wiki -
a bill passed in the midst of the Great Depression that took steps to stabilize and restore confidence in the U.S. banking system -
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries, including all the great powers, fought as part of two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis- wiki -
An Act to amend in order to preserve buildings of historical or architectural significance -
In Brown v. Board of Education the Supreme Court outlawed segregated public education