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Magna Carta
Moved from rule of man to rule of law
Outlined individual rights which king could not violate
Included taxation and trial provisions -
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
Guaranteed free speech and protection from cruel and unusual punishment -
French and Indian War
Britian won both the French and Indian War, Britian then gained control of Canada and Ohio Valley, which were both formly claimed by France. -
Stamp Act
First direct tax on paper goods and legal documents
Stamp Act Congress met to protest the tax and it was repealed -
Quartering Act
In January, the New York assembly refuses to completely comply with Gen. Gage's request to enforce the Quartering Act. -
Townshend Revenue Acts
The English Parliament passes the Townshend Revenue Acts, imposing a new series of taxes on the colonists to offset the costs of administering and protecting the American colonies. Items taxed include imports such as paper, tea, glass, lead and paints. -
Governor of Massachusetts
Governor of Massachusetts dissolves the general court after the legislature defies his order to revoke Adams' circular letter. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired into crowd
5 colonists died -
Battle Of Alamance
The Battle of Alamance, which took place on May 16, 1771, was the final battle of the Regulator Movement, a rebellion in colonial North Carolina over issues of taxation and local control, considered by some to be the opening salvo of the American Revolution -
Boston Tea Party
British Parliment tried to force a tax on tea. 3 ships had pulled into the Boston Harbor with the first loads of taxted tea, dressing as Indians colonists emptied 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
After the Intolerable Acts were past, flaming the colonies anger more, The First Continental Congress gathered in Philidalphia and called for a peaceful opposition to British Policies. -
Declaration Of Independence
The Congress formed a committee of 5 men: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston. Jefferson wrote the first draft. There were 2 ideas. -
Articles Of Confederation
After independance was declared, Congress had a committee to prepare a plan of government, the Articles Of Confederation. Which was then sent to the states for radification. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris is ratified by Congress. And The Revolutionary War officially ends. -
Shays' Rebellion
A violent insurrection in the Massachusetts countryside during 1786 and 1787, Shays' Rebellion was brought about by a monetary debt crisis at the end of the American Revolutionary War. Although Massachusetts was the focal point of the crisis, other states experienced similar economic hardships. -
Northwest Ordinance
The law established procedures for creating new states in the Northwest, It was a model for all the other states that later entered the Union. -
Adoption of the Constitution
New Hampshire became the critical ninth state to ratify the Constitution -
1st Amendment
Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition -
Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137, was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States. -
Thomas Jefferson Election
3rd US president, author of the Declaration of Independence -
McCulloch v. Maryland
McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316, was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that defined the scope of the U.S. Congress's legislative power and how it relates to the powers of American state legislatures. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1, was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, which is granted to the US Congress by the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution, encompasses the power to regulate navigation. -
Andrew Jackson Election
The election marked the rise of Jacksonian Democracy and the transition from the First Party System to the Second Party System. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393, was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that held the U.S. Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent, and thus they could not enjoy the rights and privileges the Constitution conferred upon American citizens. -
The election of Abraham Lincoln
US 16th president, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation -
Emancipation Proclimation
as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
15th Amendement
Right to Vote Not Denied by Race -
The Homestead Strike began
The Homestead Strike began, it was caused by tensions between the steel workers and managers. More than 3800 workers participated in the strike. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal". -
The Spanish American War
The war begins after the sinking of the USS Maine in the port of Havana, which is a part of Spanish Cuba. -
The Panama Canal construction begins
After securing the Panama canal area from Columbia, the US would begin constructing the canal in order to make shipping and moving naval forces easier. -
Lochner v. New York
Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court holding that a New York State statute that prescribed maximum working hours for bakers violated the bakers' right to freedom of contract under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -
The 17th Amendment
This amendment made it so the people could directly vote for their senators -
The National Park Service
The National Park Service is established by President Woodrow Wilson and is a part of the Department of the Interior. The National Park Service manages all national parks, monuments, and other natural parks. -
WW1
The US would enter WW1 after the Germans sunk several US ships, including the Lusitania, and the Zimmerman telegram. -
Harlem Reniassance
A revival of African American culture, music, dance, art, and other forms of culture. Popular musician of this time was Louis Armstrong and Langston Hughes. Jazz would become really popular during this time. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment is passed, which allowed women the right to vote. -
Immigration Act of 1924
Signed into law by President Coolidge, this law would limit immigrants coming into the US by using quotas for national origins. -
American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
Signed into law by President Coolidge, this law granted Indians born within US borders citizenship to the US. -
The Great Depression
A time period of severe economic depression worldwide, originally starting in the US. This saw a global GDP decline of -26.7%, and a peak global unemployment of 24.9% in 1933. This would help dictators in Europe rise to power, which would lead to the election of FDR in 1932, and WW2. Lasted 43 months. -
1929 Stock Market Crash
After a decade of growth, the stock market crashed, a primary reason why it crashed was due to fears of speculation by the FED. This would be the catalyst for the Great Depression. -
WW2
Lasting six years, starting with the invasion of Poland, and ending with the atomic bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This war saw most countries taking sides, between the Allies and Axis. The main Allied countries were the US, UK, France, USSR, China, and many other smaller countries. The main Axis countries were Germany, Italy, and Japan. The conflict would affect all continents but Antarctica. 70-85 million (3%) of the world population died by the end. -
Treaty of Versailles
After months of negotiating on how to punish the Central Powers, a treaty would finally be signed. but this would affect several countries for a couple of decades. -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
This attack would bring the US into WW2, it was a surprise attack on the US Navy stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. 350 Japanese naval fighters sank or badly damaged 18 US naval vessels, including 8 battleships. 300 aircraft were destroyed and 2403 US Servicemen died. -
Manhattan Project
This was the US project to develop the atomic bomb, the project was very successful with the first test on July 16th, 1945, the bomb was the size of 25 kilotons of TNT. -
Korematsu v. United States
Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214, was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that upheld the internment of Japanese Americans from the West Coast Military Area during World War II -
The Bombing of Nagasaki
The atomic bomb "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki, it was the size of 21 kilotons of TNT, it was the 2nd atomic bomb that was dropped on Japan, it would help lead to the Japanese's unconditional surrender. It was ordered by President Truman because the Japanese wouldn't surrender after the first one. It killed 39,000-80,000 civilians. -
United States v. Lopez
United States v. Alfonso D. Lopez, Jr., 514 U.S. 549, was a landmark case of the United States Supreme Court that struck down the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 due to its being outside of Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. -
Lawrence v. Texas
Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558, is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that most sanctions of criminal punishment for consensual, adult non-procreative sexual activity are unconstitutional. -
Mapp v. Ohio
Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the exclusionary rule, which prevents prosecutors from using evidence in court -
Engel v. Vitale
Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools, due to violation of the First Amendment. -
Gideon v. Wainwright
Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires U.S. states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who are unable to afford their own. -
Martin Luther King Jr's Speech
I have a dream - "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be engulfed, every hill shall be exalted and every mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plains and the crooked places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope." -
Voting Rights Act
outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states -
26th Amendement
Right to Vote at Age 18 -
tinker v. des moines independent community school district
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503, was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court that defined First Amendment rights of students in U.S. public schools. -
United States v. Nixon
United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683, was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court unanimously ordered President Richard Nixon to deliver tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials related to the Watergate scandal to a federal district court. -
9/11 events
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.