US Government Timeline- AH

  • 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    King John Signed it.
  • Jamestown's House of Burgesses

    Jamestown's House of Burgesses
    the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies
  • Mayflower

    Mayflower
    The ship or the contract idrk theyre both important
  • Petition of Right

    Petition of Right
    Monarchs must obtain parliament approval
  • Pilgrim Code of Law

    Pilgrim Code of Law
    You shall not speak or do, devise or advise anything or things, act or acts, directly or indirectly, by land or water, or does, shall, or may tend to the destruction or overthrow of his present plantation, colony, or corporation of New Plymouth
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights
    Guarenteed free speech and protection from cruel and unusual punishment
  • First US Currency

    First US Currency
    Established US Currency
  • Declaration of Independance

    Declaration of Independance
    Gave US freedom from Great Britain
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation
    First Attempt of US government.
  • Treasury System Reorganized

    Treasury System Reorganized
    the production of coin and currency, the disbursement of payments to the American public, revenue collection, and the borrowing of funds necessary to run the federal government.
  • Virginia Bill for Establishing Religious Freedoms

    Virginia Bill for Establishing Religious Freedoms
    a statement about both freedom of conscience and the principle of separation of church and state.
  • Federalist Papers

    Published under the penname “Publius,” the Federalist Papers comprise 85 essays authored by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, to persuade New York citizens to support the Constitution’s ratification.
  • Northwest Ordinance

    Northwest Ordinance established several key policies for the unsettled northwestern frontier.
  • The Constitution

    The Constitution
    All US Laws
  • The Fifth Act of Congress

    Congress established the United States Customs Service.
  • Department of Treasury Established

    President Washington approved of Congress’s proposal to create the Department of the Treasury. The Treasury Department is the second oldest department in the federal government.
  • Federal Judiciary Act

    Federal Judiciary Act established the structure and jurisdiction of federal courts, matters that Article III of the United States Constitution left unaddressed.
  • First U.S. Veterans Pension Laws

    The first United States veterans pension law was approved during the first session of the U.S. Congress for invalid Revolutionary War soldiers
  • First Bank Established

    Congress established the First Bank of the United States, headquartered in Philadelphia.
  • The Revenue Act of 1791

    It imposed an excise tax on distilled liquors and was called the “whiskey tax.”
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights
    first 10 amendments some group of people were loser and wouldnt make government without it
  • 11th Amendment

    11th Amendment
    Protects states from lawsuits filed by citizens of other states or countries
  • Seat of Government established

    An Act of Congress on May 6 authorized a loan for the establishment of the seat government in Washington, DC. Had been in the temporary national capitals of New York and Philadelphia.
  • Washington's Farewell Address

    After refusing to consider the presidency for a third term, George Washington prepared and delivered a handwritten farewell speech to the American people.
  • Marbury v. Madison

    Established Judicial Review
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Doubled size of US.
  • 12th Amendment

    12th Amendment
    Electors must cast distinct votes for president and vice president.
  • Mcculloch v Maryland

    Congress had implied constitutional power to create a national bank and that individual states could not tax a federally chartered bank.
  • Missouri Compromise

    An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories.
  • Monroe Doctrine

    President James Monroe warned European nation against further involvement in and colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
  • Commonwealth v. Hunt

    Condoned workers’ bargaining with employers
  • Oregon Treaty

    President James K. Polk signed the treaty with Great Britain, gaining territory in the northwest that would become the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of Wyoming and Montana.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Congress established the office to print government publications.
  • The Homestead Act

    Citizens could acquire 160 acres of land by farming the land for five years
  • Freedman's Bureau

    It was the first federal agency to be responsible for direct public assistance, helping nearly four million newly freed blacks transition from slavery.
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    Abolished slavery
  • Purchase of the Alaskan Territory

    Expanded the US with the purchase of Alaska
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment
    Gave citizenship to African Americans
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    Gave African Americans the right to vote
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    10-year suspension of immigration of Chinese laborers, and Chinese not allowed to become citizens
  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Outlawed practices deemed monopolistic and thus harmful to consumers and the market economy.
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment
    Congress can impose a federal income tax
  • 17th Amendment

    17th Amendment
    Allowed voters to vote on the senate
  • WWI

    First ever World War
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment
    Prohibited Alcohol
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    Gave women the right to vote (L Amendment)
  • The Great Depression

    Lowest economic point in US history
  • 20th Amendment

    20th Amendment
    Sets the dates at which federal government elected offices end
  • 21st Amendment

    21st Amendment
    Repealed the 18th amendment
  • WWII

    Second ever word war
  • Bombing of Pear Harbor

    Naval base In Hawaii was bombed by the Japanese
  • 22nd Amendment

    22nd Amendment
    Set term limits for presidents
  • 23rd Amendment

    23rd Amendment
    The Constitution provides that each state receives presidential electors equal to the combined number of seats it has in the Senate and the House of Representatives.
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment
    It abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections.
  • Civil Right Act

    prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin
  • 25th Amendment

    25th Amendment
    If president is removed, Vice president takes over.
  • 26th Amendment

    26th Amendment
    Made 18 the national law to vote.
  • 27th Amendment

    27th Amendment
    No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
  • Tom Brady Drafted

    Tom Brady Drafted
    The GOAT was drafted
  • 9/11

    Terrorist attack on the US.
  • Addison's birthday

    The amazing man was born
  • Recession in 2009

    Housing Market collapsed causing a Great Recession in 2009
  • Mario Movie

    Mario Movie
    Chris Pratt and others made a great movie
  • Lego in Fortnite

    Lego in Fortnite
    Fortnite and Lego collabed and made a MInecraft style game
  • Detroit Becomes Human

    Detroit Becomes Human
    Androids are tired of their constant slavery actions. The androids started an uprising led by Marcus. The androids take over and the androids get to live their lives.