U.S. Government Timeline -bc

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  • Magna Carta
    1215

    Magna Carta

    ~Moved from rule of man to rule of law
    ~Outlined individual rights which king could not violate
    ~Included taxation and trial provisions
  • Jamestown founded

    Jamestown founded

  • 13 Colonies were founded

  • Petition of Right

    Petition of Right

    ~Required monarchs to obtain Parliamentary approval before new taxes
    ~Government could not unlawfully imprison people or establish military rule during times of peace
  • English Bill of Rights Passed

    English Bill of Rights Passed

    ~ Guaranteed free speech and protection from cruel and unusual punishment
  • Britain imposes the Stamp Act on the American colonists.

    Britain imposes the Stamp Act on the American colonists.

  • American Revolution

    American Revolution

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    ~ Revolutionaries dumped British Tea into the harbor

  • Tea Act

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Intolerable Act

    Intolerable Act

    ~ Colonists were forced to "Quarter", or house the British troops.
  • Fighting at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, marks the beginning of the American Revolution.

    Fighting at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, marks the beginning of the American Revolution.

  • The Declaration of Independence is approved

    The Declaration of Independence is approved

  • The New Nation

  • Revolutionary War ends with Treaty of Paris

    Revolutionary War ends with Treaty of Paris

  • The French Revolution begins

    The French Revolution begins

  • George Washington Was President

  • First Amendment

    First Amendment

  • U.S. Bill of Rights ratified.

    U.S. Bill of Rights ratified.

  • 2nd Amendment

    2nd Amendment

  • Napoléon Bonaparte defeats Austrians

    Napoléon Bonaparte defeats Austrians

  • U.S. Navy Department established

    U.S. Navy Department established

  • Rosetta Stone discovered in Egypt.

    Rosetta Stone discovered in Egypt.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

  • War of 1812

  • Mexican War

  • Civil War

    Civil War

  • Lincoln came into office

    Lincoln came into office

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

  • Progressive Era

  • Spanish - American War

  • WWI

    WWI

  • Zimmerman Telegram

  • Roaring 20's

  • Women had the right to vote

    Women had the right to vote

  • Black Thursday

  • Great Depression

  • New Deal

  • WWII

    WWII

  • Hitler Invades Poland

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

  • D-Day

  • The Modern Era

  • The Long Telegram

  • cold war

  • The Formation of NATO

  • Korean War

  • Brown V Board of Education

  • Cuban Missle Crisis

  • MLK gave "I had a dream speech"

  • Apollo 11 Moon Landing

  • JKF's Assassination

  • Moon landing

  • Carter elected

    Carter elected

  • Fall of the berlin wall

    Fall of the berlin wall

  • Gulf War

    Gulf War

  • Vietnam War

  • 9/11 Attacks