U.S. Government Timeline - JKletzke By jkletzkegwd51 Period: Jan 1, 1215 to Dec 31, 2021 U.S. Government Timeline - JKletzke Jun 15, 1215 The Magna Carta Sep 29, 1619 House of Burgesses Formed Nov 11, 1620 Signing of the Mayflower Compact Mar 3, 1754 Beginning of the French and Indian War 1755 French and Indian War Mar 22, 1765 American Revolution Jul 4, 1776 Adoption of the Declaration of Independence Nov 17, 1777 Articles of the Confederation Aug 17, 1787 Signing of Constitution Feb 7, 1795 11th Amendment Ratified Apr 30, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Jun 15, 1804 12th Amendment Ratified Mar 6, 1819 McCulloch v. Maryland 1823 Gibbons v. Ogden Dec 2, 1823 Monroe Doctrine Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott Decision Apr 12, 1861 Civil War Starts Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Nov 15, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Begins(He has that DAWG in Him) Dec 21, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Ends Apr 9, 1865 Civil War Ends Apr 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln Assassination Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment Ratified Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment Ratified Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment Ratified Oct 15, 1883 Civil Rights Cases Apr 12, 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson May 18, 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Decision Feb 3, 1913 16th Amendment Ratified Apr 8, 1913 17th Amendment Ratified Apr 6, 1917 US Involvement in WW1 Begins Jan 16, 1919 18th Amendment Ratified Aug 18, 1920 19th Amendment Ratified Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market Crash Jan 20, 1933 FDR(The GOAT)'s 1st Inauguration Jan 23, 1933 20th Amendment Ratified Dec 5, 1933 21st Amendment Ratified Dec 7, 1940 Bombing of Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941 US Involvement in WW2 Begins Aug 9, 1943 Bomb Dropping on Nagasaki Dec 18, 1944 Korematsu v. United States Aug 6, 1945 Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima Apr 4, 1949 Founding of NATO Jun 25, 1949 Korean War Feb 27, 1951 22nd Amendment Ratified May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Mar 29, 1961 23rd Amendment Ratified Nov 22, 1963 Assassination of JFK Jan 23, 1964 24th Amendment Ratified Feb 10, 1967 25th Amendment Ratified Apr 4, 1968 MLK Assassination Mar 23, 1971 26th Amendment Ratified Jan 22, 1973 Roe v. Wade Jun 17, 1973 Watergate Scandal Aug 2, 1990 Gulf War May 20, 1992 27th Amendment Ratified Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Attacks Sep 11, 2001 War on Terror Begins May 2, 2011 Killing of Osama bin Laden Mar 15, 2020 Covid-19 Shutdowns