Timeline

US Government Timeline- CH

  • Jamestown, VA

    Jamestown, VA

    It was the first permanent settlement.
  • House of Burgesses

    House of Burgesses

    It was the first colonial legislature.
  • Plymouth, MA

    Plymouth, MA

    It had Pilgrims which brought religious dissenters.
  • Mayflower Combat

    Mayflower Combat

    It was a social contract for governing.
  • Seven Years War

    Seven Years War

    It required the British to have debt.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    The tax on imported sugar and seen as a right violation
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Was tax on documents and good and was a widespread protest.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    It created British tea monopoly and sparked the Boston Tea Party
  • Coercive Acts

    Coercive Acts

    The British retaliation and the colonists labeled them as "Intolerable Acts"
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    It boycotted British goods and militias and committees of safety.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    Had government powers and George Washington was commander
  • July 4th

    July 4th

    US declares independence.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    It was the 1st US constitution.
  • Shays Rebellion

    Shays Rebellion

    Farmers were in debt and attacked courthouses, which showed the Articles of Confederation was weak.
  • Annapolis Meeting

    Annapolis Meeting

    Goal was to revise the articles and Hamilton and Made call for a full convention.
  • 3/5 Compromise

    3/5 Compromise

    It had counted population of states with each slave worth 3/5 of a person.
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    Held in Philadelphia, had wealthy educated elites.
  • Judiciary Act

    Judiciary Act

    est. federal courts
  • Ratification

    Ratification

    The Federalists have promised the Bill of Rights.
  • Nullification Crisis

    Nullification Crisis

    conflict over federal tariffs
  • Marbury v. Madison

    Marbury v. Madison

    est. judicial review
  • McCulloch v. Maryland

    McCulloch v. Maryland

    upheld implied powers
  • Gibbons v. Ogden

    Gibbons v. Ogden

    interpreted commerce clause broadly
  • Plessy v Ferguson

    Plessy v Ferguson

    Supreme court est "separate but equal" doctrine
  • Progressive Era

    Progressive Era

    16th- federal income tax
    19th- granted women right to vote
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    gave women right to vote
  • US v. Miller

    US v. Miller

    Supreme Court case that held the Second Amendment does not protect an individual's right to own a sawed-off shotgun
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    school segregation violates 14th Amendment
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks arrested, bus segregation ended
  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act

    national authority expanded
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment

    banned poll taxes in federal elections
  • Title VII

    Title VII

    bans sexual harassment in workplace
  • Selma March

    Selma March

    police attacked peaceful marchers "bloody Sunday"
  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act

    made it legal to interfere with voting rights
  • Katz v US

    Katz v US

    supreme court est. the “reasonable expectation of privacy”
  • Brandenburg v. Ohio

    Brandenburg v. Ohio

    speech can be banned if it cause clear and present danger
  • The New Federalism

    The New Federalism

    reduce national control
  • Equal Rights Amendment

    Equal Rights Amendment

    failed to pass to led to legal changes
  • Title IX

    Title IX

    no one can be excluded from education programs based on sex
  • Buckley v. Valeo

    Buckley v. Valeo

    supreme allows donation limits to avoid corruption
  • Harlow v. Fitzgerald

    Harlow v. Fitzgerald

    est the rationale for qualified immunity
  • Tennessee v. Garner

    Tennessee v. Garner

    limited police use for lethal force
  • Graham v. Conner

    Graham v. Conner

    juries must consider if the officer believed force is reasonable
  • Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act

    Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act

    increased border control and 9/11 increased security measures
  • Welfare Reform

    Welfare Reform

    gave states more control over welfare
  • Nancy Pelosi

    Nancy Pelosi

    first person elected House Minority Leader
  • D. C v. Heller

    D. C v. Heller

    Supreme Court determined that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own firearms
  • McDonald v. Chicago

    McDonald v. Chicago

    Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense is applicable to state and local governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
  • Citizens United v. FEC

    Citizens United v. FEC

    speech including ads can be donated without limits
  • Riley v California

    Riley v California

    includes digital devices