US Government Timeline-SV

  • Magna Carta
    1215

    Magna Carta

    A document the King of England was forced to sign
  • Settlement at Jamestown

    Settlement at Jamestown

    first permanent English settlement in North America
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

    an agreement signed by 41 English colonists, Pilgrims, got on the Mayflower before they went to Plymouth, Massachusetts
  • Petition of Right

  • Proclamation Line

    Proclamation Line

    British policy that prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
  • The Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act

    tax on imported sugar
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    tax on documents and goods
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    series of British laws passed that imposed taxes on goods imported into the American colonies
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    granted the British East India Company a monopoly on the sale of tea in the American colonies
  • First Continental Congress

  • Coercive Act

  • Second Continental Congress

  • Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    a foundational document of the United States, formally declaring the thirteen American colonies'
  • Common Sense

  • Articles of Confederation

  • Annapolis Meeting

  • Constitutional Convention

  • Ratification

  • 5th Amendment

    5th Amendment

    Ensures the right to a grand jury, protects against double jeopardy and self-incrimination (pleading the fifth), and guarantees due process of law and just compensation for public use of private property.
  • 3rd Amendment

    3rd Amendment

    Prevents the government from forcing citizens to quarter (house) soldiers in their homes during peacetime.
  • 1st Amendment

    1st Amendment

    Guarantees freedoms of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition.
  • 4th Amendment

    4th Amendment

    Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures of a person or their property without a warrant and probable cause.
  • 2nd Amendment

    2nd Amendment

    Protects the right of individuals to keep and bear arms.