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Jamestown house of burgesses
an English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state, reportedly of equal value to Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights 1689. -
Mayflower compact
document signed on the English ship Mayflower on November 21 [November 11, Old Style], 1620, prior to its landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts. It was the first framework of government written and enacted in the territory that is now the United States of America. (don't look that up) -
Magna Carta
Moved from rule of man to rule of law
Outlined individual Rights which king could not violate
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Petition of right
Monarchs to obtain parliamentary approval before new taxes
Gov couldn't unlawfully imprison peeps -
English bill of rights
Free speech and protection from punishment
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Boston Tea Party
an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts -
American Revolution
The American Revolution—also called the U.S. War of Independence—was the insurrection fought between 1775 and 1783 through which 13 of Great Britain's North American colonies threw off British rule to establish the sovereign United States of America, founded with the Declaration of Independence in 1776 -
Articles of confederation was Approved
written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution. Based on a1782 preliminary treaty, the agreement recognized U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory. -
Constitution approved by the delegates at the Philadelphia convention
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George Washington is Prez
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First US President
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US Marine Corps is established
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US Army is established
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Naturalization Act
a law of the United States Congress that set the first uniform rules for the granting of United States citizenship by naturalization. -
First bank
The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of the United States, commonly known as the First Bank of the United States, was a national bank, chartered for a term of twenty years, by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791. It followed the Bank of North America, the nation's first de facto national bank. -
11th Amendment
The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State. -
Whiskey Rebellion
In 1794, farmers from Western Pennsylvania rose up in protest of what they saw as unfair taxation and provided the new nation, and George Washington, with a looming crisis. Still used to produce spirits. In 1791, Congress approved a new, federal tax on spirits and the stills that produced them. -
Louisiana Purchase
530,000,000 acres of land acquired by the US for $15 million dollars -
12th Amendment
each elector must cast distinct votes for president and vice president, instead of two votes for president. -
Slave trade ended
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Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815, between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson, roughly 5 miles southeast of the French Quarter of New Orleans, in the current suburb of Chalmette, Louisiana -
Missouri Compromise
admission into the union on an equal footing with the original states and prohibit slavery in certain territories -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine is a United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. It holds that any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers is a potentially hostile act against the United States. -
Texas revolution
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Mexican war
The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War, was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1845 American annexation of Texas, which Mexico still considered its territory because Mexico refused to recognize the Treaties of Velasco -
Civil war
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Emancipation Proclamation
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13th amendment
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
Freedmen's Bureau
to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans -
14th amendment
granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” -
15th Amendment
prohibits the federal government and each state from denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
Stock market crash
stock market crash -
21st amendment
liquor distribution stuff -
22nd amendment
prevents presidents from serving more than 2 terms -
JFK Assassination
JFK DEADIFIED IN FRONT OF PEEPS IN CAR -
MLK DEDIFIED
HE WAS DEDIFIED FIGHTING FOR EQUALNESS -
Moon Man
First man on moon -
Copy Rights Act
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9/11 attack
terrorist being bad at flight simulator -
Spiderman 2
gud game -
The Finals
The greatest game show of all time -
Android Rebellion
