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U.S Government Timeline

  • Magna Carta
    1215

    Magna Carta

    the first document in writing stating that the king is not above the law
  • Petition of Rights

    Petition of Rights

    No taxation without the consent of parliament, must have a case in order to put someone in prison
  • English Civil War

    English Civil War

    A series of battles between Royalists and Parliamentarians
  • Rebellion Conflicts

    Rebellion Conflicts

    To rebel against parliament causeing their to be tensions
  • New king/queen

    New king/queen

    King James daughter Mary and her husband step up for the throne
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights

    Protects the peoples rights
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Taxed legal documents
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    A direct tax on British colonies
  • Townshed Acts

    Townshed Acts

    A tax on paper, tea, lead, and glass
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British soldiers fired into a crowd killing five colonists
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Dupmped British tea into the harbor
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    A series of laws to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    A meeting from 12 to 13 colonies that became the United States
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    13 colonies declared their independence from Great Britain
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    The thirteen colonies (US) associated with the revolutionary war that made America gain its independence
  • Ratification of Articles of Confederation

    Ratification of Articles of Confederation

    States ratified the articles
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    A imaginary line was made to separate the Native Americans and the colonists
  • 3/5 compromise

    3/5 compromise

    Every 5 slaves only 3 of them counted
  • Northwest Ordinance

    Northwest Ordinance

    They established a plan for settling the Northwest Territory.
    Including disputed lands and creating a system to admitted states to the unions.
  • Great Compromise

    Great Compromise

    The Great Compromise made equal numbers for each state
  • 1st Amendment

    1st Amendment

    Gives people the right to religion and speech, Press, Assembly, Petition
  • 2nd Amendment

    2nd Amendment

    Right to Bear Arms
  • 4th Amendment

    4th Amendment

    Search and Seizure
  • 3rd Amendment

    3rd Amendment

    Quartering of Soldiers
  • 5th Amendment

    5th Amendment

    Grand Jury, Self-Incrimination, Due Process
  • 6th Amendment

    6th Amendment

    Rights to Jury Trail, to confront opposing witnesses
  • 7th Amendment

    7th Amendment

    Jury Trail
  • 8th Amendment

    8th Amendment

    Protections against Excessive Bail or any cruel and unusual punishment
  • 9th Amendment

    9th Amendment

    Non-Enumerated Rights
  • 10th Amendment

    10th Amendment

    Rights Reserved to States
  • 11th Amendment

    11th Amendment

    Suits against a state
  • Marbury VS Madison

    Marbury VS Madison

    Established the principle of judicial review
  • 12th Amendment

    12th Amendment

    Election of president and vice-president
  • Dred Scott VS Sandford

    Dred Scott VS Sandford

    U.S Supreme Court said enslaved people were not citizens
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    Abolition of Slavery
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

    Prohibits states from interfering with certain privileges
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    Voting Rights
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment

    Federal Income Tax
  • 17th Amendment

    17th Amendment

    Popular Election of Senators
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment

    Prohibition
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    Women's right to vote
  • 20th Amendment

    20th Amendment

    Presidential Term and Succession
  • 21st Amendment

    21st Amendment

    Repeal of the 18th Amendment
  • 22nd Amendment

    22nd Amendment

    Two-Term Limitation on President
  • Brown VS Board of Education

    Brown VS Board of Education

    Ended segregation in schools "separate but equal"
  • 23rd Amendment

    23rd Amendment

    District of Columbia Presidential Vote
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment

    Abolition of Poll Tax
  • 25th Amendment

    25th Amendment

    Presidential Vacancy
  • 26th Amendment

    26th Amendment

    Right to Vote at the Age 18
  • 27th Amendment

    27th Amendment

    Congressional Compensation