timeline project

By _zykeriah
  • 1215

    1215

    1215
    limited government began, King John signed Magna Carta

  • 1619

    1619
    Jamestown House of Burgesses

  • 1620

    1620
    Mayflower Compact

  • 1628

    1628
    King Charles was required to sign the Petition of Right

  • 1689

    1689
    English Bill of Rights passed

  • 1765

    the stamp act, a tax passed by british parliament to raise money for their army

  • 1765

    colonial america and revolution, an insurrection carried out by by 13 of Great Britain's North American colonies began in 1765 and ended in 1783

  • 1781

    1781
    Ratification of Declaration of Independence

  • 1783

    the new nation, created after the american revolution based on principles of liberty, life and pursuit of happiness

  • 1787

    1787
    northwest ordinance, established plan for setting the northwest territory

  • 1789

    federalist paper gazette of of the united states published

  • 1789

    judiciary act of 1789, established federal judiciary system in the united states, separating it from state courts

  • 1791

    1791
    third amendment, prohibits housing of soldiers in houses without owner's permission

  • 1791

    1791
    second amendment, right to bear arms

  • 1791

    1791
    fifth amendment, no self incrimination, due process

  • 1791

    1791
    fourth amendment, protects citizen from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government

  • 1791

    1791
    eighth amendment, protect citizens from excessive bail, fines, and cruel or unusual punishment

  • 1791

    bill of rights ratified

  • 1791

    1791
    first amendment, freedom of speech, religion, and press

  • 1791

    1791
    sixth amendment, right to fair and speedy trial

  • 1791

    1791
    seventh amendment, protects right to jury trial

  • 1791

    eighth amendment, prohibits excessive bail, fine, cruel and unusual punishment

  • 1791

    ninth amendment, constitution does not deny or disparage other rights retained by the people

  • 1791

    whigs countered with national gazette

  • 1803

    marbury v madison, established the principal of judicial review

  • 1804

    twelfth amendment, allows the president to choose vice president

  • 1824

    gibbon v ogden, power of federal government to regulate interstate commerce

  • 1857

    dredd scott v sandford, established enslaved african americans were not citizens

  • 1861

    civil war, fight between USA and confederate states of america

  • 1863

    gettysburg address, speech by abraham lincoln at dedication of the national cemetery on civil war battle field

  • 1865

    reconstruction, process of rebuilding after a war, the period after the civil war in the US

  • 1901

    progressive era, period during early 20th century of widespread social activism and political reform, ended 1929

  • 1913

    seventeenth amendment, protects the right to jury trial in federal and state courts

  • 1918

    mcculloch vs. maryland, supreme court held that congress has implied powers derived from those listed in article 1, section 8

  • 1920s

    radio became first form of electronic media

  • 1924

    native americans were granted citizenship

  • 1929

    the great depression, severe economic downturn that lasted from 1929 to the start of world war II

  • 1941

    world war II, massive global conflict between two groups of countries, called the Allies and Axis Powers

  • 1941

    u.s. v darby, upheld fair labor standards act

  • 1947

    period of political and economic conflict between nations that is fought without direct military action

  • 1950s

    television replaced radio as most influential electronic media

  • 1951

    twenty second amendment, limits number of terms a person can serve as president to two

  • 1954

    brown v board of education, ruled that racial segregation in school unconstitutional

  • 1964

    civil rights act, a landmark act that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

  • 1966

    miranda v arizona, expanded rights of people accused of crimes

  • 1967

    twenty fifth amendment, addresses presidential succession and disability and establishes procedures for filling vacancies in the vice presidency

  • 1967

    loving v virgina, struck down all state laws banning interracial marriage

  • 1791

    tenth amendment, powers not given to federal government are reversed for the states or the people

  • 1973

    war powers resolution, federal law that limits the presidents power to send the US army without congress consent

  • 2015

    obergefell v hodges, ruled that same-sex coupled have the right to marry