Timeline of the US Government-LD

By LDgwd51
  • 1100

    Representative Government

    this tradition began in the 11th century
  • 1215

    Limited Government

    Began in 1215 when the Magna Carta was signed

  • Jamestown’s House of Burgesses

    the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies.

  • Individual Rights

    King Charles required to sign the petition of right, which required monarchs to obtain Parliamentary approval before new taxes

  • English Bill of Rights

    guaranteed free speech and the protection from cruel and unusual punishment

  • Stamp Act

    The first tax on paper and legal documents

  • Boston Massacre

    British officers fired into crowd. 5 colonists died

  • Boston Tea Party

    revolutionaries dump tea into the harbor

  • Intolerable Acts

    Colonists were forced to “Quarter,” or house, British troops

  • Declaration of Independence

    Signed by the delegates to the Second Continental Congress

  • Articles of Confederation

    first national government

  • Shays rebellion

    farmers rebelled over the prospect of using land

  • Northwest Ordinance

    Established a plan for settling the Northwest Territory

  • The Constitutional Convention

    Drafting a new constitution

  • 25th amendment

    Sets up the formal processes of Presidential Succession

  • Judiciary Act of 1789

    Established a Three-tiered Judicial Structure

  • Federalist paper Gazette of the United States published​

  • Bill of rights

  • Whigs countered with National Gazette.​

  • Marbury v. Madison

    Power of judicial review​

  • 12th Amendment

    Allows the president to choose VP

  • McCulloch v. Maryland

    Maryland taxed the national bank
    Court ruled bank was necessary and proper
    Maryland couldn’t tax bank b/c it could weaken the national government
    "The power to tax is the power to destroy."

  • Gibbons V Ogden

    Right of a state legislature to award a monopoly to operate a steamship line between NY and NJ

  • Party Split

    Democratic-Republican party split into today’s two major parties—Democrats, Republicans​

  • Morrill Act

    Granted large tracts of land to states; states sold land and used money for colleges

  • 17th Amendment

    Direct election of senators

  • 16th amendment

    gave Congress authority to set a federal income tax

  • N. Americans granted citizenship

  • House of Representatives

    Amount fixed by the state since 1929

  • 22nd Amendment

    U.S. President can serve up to 10 years or two 4-year terms

  • National Security Council

    Coordinates national security policy

  • War Powers Resolution

    President must consult with Congress before sending troops

  • Homeland Security

    Reorganization of agencies already in place