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A law enforced by Britain to increase British income by preventing the smuggling of molasses into the American colonies and raising higher taxes and duties. -
The original Act of the English Parliament that firmly established the principles of frequent parliaments, free elections and freedom of speech within Parliament -
An agreement made between the pilgrims and other passengers on the may flower who formed their own government. -
King John signed the Magna Carta that guaranteed the political liberties of the English people. -
First elected legislative body in the British American colonies -
Was signed by king Charles and included matters of taxation, the application of martial law, imprisonment without trial, and the billeting of troops on civilian households. -
William and Mary Chosen to rule as joint monarchs of England after the Glorious Revolution of 16898. -
The English protested British Parliament's tax on tea. The demonstrators boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British government considered the protest an act of treason and responded harshly. -
Seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony. -
Established a government for the Northwest Territory, which included the area west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Mississippi River. -
The federalist paper Gazette of the United states was published. -
Guarantees the rights of criminal defendants, including the right to a lawyer, a public trial, an impartial jury, and to know the charges and evidence against them. -
The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects against excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishments. -
Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. However, it is not a guarantee against all searches and seizures, but only those that are deemed unreasonable under the law. -
The 3rd Amendment to the United States Constitution states that soldiers cannot be quartered in private homes without the owner's consent during peacetime. -
Freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the government. -
The Marshall Court was the Supreme Court of the United States from 1801 to 1835 -
Marbury v. Madison was a 1803 Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review, which gives the courts the power to declare laws and actions unconstitutional -
The court decided that the Federal Government had the right and power to set up a Federal bank and that states did not have the power to tax the Federal Government.. -
McCulloch v. Maryland was a landmark 1819 Supreme Court case that defined the scope of the federal government's power and its relationship to state power. -
States that only congress had the right to state commerce between states. -
A law that established a system of state colleges and universities in the United States. -
Gives Congress the power to levy income taxes without having to apportion them among the states based on population. -
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery in the United States. -
The Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883 was a landmark law that established a merit-based system for hiring federal employees, rather than the political spoils system that had previously been in place. -
Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws, establishing the "separate but equal" doctrine. -
The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states based on population -
Each state will have two senators who will serve a term of six years elected by the people. Each senator will have one vote. -
Radios became the first form of electronic media. -
Granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. -
The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States. (1933-1938) -
Minersville School District v. Gobitis was a 1940 Supreme Court case that involved the expulsion of two Jehovah's Witness children from public school for refusing to salute the American flag. -
The Supreme Court reversed its earlier opinion, deciding that Congress could regulate employment under the Commerce Clause and that the Fair Labor Standards Act was constitutional. -
Executive Order 9066 was a presidential order signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942 that authorized the forced removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast to internment camps. -
Korematsu v. United States was a landmark Supreme Court case that involved the government's mass relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II. -
Televisions replaced the radio as the most influential electronic media. -
The Great Society program became Johnson's agenda for Congress in January 1965: aid to education, attack on disease, Medicare, urban renewal, beautification, conservation, development of depressed regions, a wide-scale fight against poverty, control and prevention of crime and delinquency. -
Miranda v. Arizona was a 1966 Supreme Court case that established the Miranda Warning, which informs people of their rights during police questioning. -
Loving v. Virginia was a landmark 1967 Supreme Court case that ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. -
Prohibits employment discrimination against people who are at least 40 years old. -
The Supreme Court ruled that public school students retain their First Amendment right to free speech, even within school grounds, and that school officials cannot censor student expression unless it is likely to cause a substantial disruption to the educational process. -
New Federalism is a political philosophy of devolution, or the transfer of certain powers from the United States federal government back to the states. -
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that protects people with disabilities from discrimination in many areas of public life. -
The events that took place in the United States on September 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. -
Combined 22 different federal departments and agencies into a unified, integrated Cabinet agency. -
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection was established on March 1, 2003 in the Directorate for Border and Transportation Security, Department of Homeland Security. -
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection was established on March 1, 2003 in the Directorate for Border and Transportation Security, Department of Homeland Security. -
District of Columbia v. Heller was a 2008 Supreme Court case that established the right of individuals to possess firearms for certain purposes, including self-defense. -
In the 2010 case McDonald v. City of Chicago, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments, as well as the federal government. -
the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the right to marry applies to same-sex couples, meaning all states must license and recognize marriages between same-sex couples, effectively legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, based on the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection.