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King George signs the Magna Carta
the people want the king to be not so powerful -
Jamestown House of Burgesses
the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly -
Mayflower Compact
the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. -
King Charles signs Petition of Right
a statement of civil liberties sent by the English Parliament to Charles I . Refusal by Parliament to finance the king's unpopular foreign policy had caused his government to exact forced loans and to quarter troops in subjects' houses as an economy measure. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers. They wanted the government to have access to the open ocean for trading. -
Massachusetts Body of Liberties
the first legal code established in New England -
King Charles is beheaded
for treason -
Renewed Conflicts and rebellion between the Crown and Parliament
the king be WACK -
William and Mary chosen to rule
Their accession, known as the 'Glorious Revolution', marked an important transition towards parliamentary rule as we know it today. -
English Bill of Rights passed
precedent for the american bill of rights -
French and Indian War ended
"we hate britain"- the french and indians -
Stamp Act enacted
a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp -
Boston Massacre
5 protestors killed by british troops -
Boston Tea Party
colonists dressed as native americans then dumped tea into the boston harbor -
Intolerable Acts
meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods -
First Continental Congress
a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States -
Second Continental Congress
a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War -
Common Sense published
rallied colonists in support of the revolution -
Declaration of Independence signed
"we hate the king" -America -
Judiciary Act of 1789
established the three branches of federal government -
5th Amendment Ratified
addresses criminal procedure and other aspects of the Constitution -
The Marshall Court
established the principle of "judicial review" -
Marbury v. Madison
established the principle of judicial review in the United States -
12th Amendment Passed
provides the procedure for electing the President and Vice President. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
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
held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
held that the Constitution of the United States was not meant to include American citizenship for black people, regardless of whether they were enslaved or free, and therefore the rights and privileges it confers upon American citizens could not apply to them -
Reconstruction
followed the American Civil War and during which attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy -
14th Amendment Ratified
granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.” -
Plessy v. Ferguson
upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal". -
Native Americans Granted US Citizenship
finally citizens in their own country. -
The New Deal Era
responded to needs for relief, reform, and recovery from the Great Depression under FDR. -
Roosevelt Becomes President
he wins the election -
United States v. Miller
involved a Second Amendment challenge to the National Firearms Act of 1934. Miller is often cited in the ongoing American gun politics debate, as both sides claim that it supports their position. -
Minersville School District v. Gobitis
a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the religious rights of public school students under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution -
U.S. v. Darby
the U.S. Congress had the power under the Commerce Clause to regulate employment conditions. -
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment protects students from being forced to salute the American flag or say the Pledge of Allegiance in public school -
Korematsu v. the United States
The exclusion order leading to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was constitutional. -
National Security Council
the President's principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. -
Republican presidents have appointed most of the Supreme Court justices since now
they have had control -
Brown v. Board
landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
Miranda v. Arizona
the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prevents prosecutors from using a person's statements made in response to interrogation in police custody as evidence at their trial unless they can show that the person was informed of the right to consult with an attorney before and during questioning, and of the right against self-incrimination before police questioning, and that the defendant not only understood these rights, but voluntarily waived them. -
Loving V. Virginia
struck down laws banning interracial marriage as violations of the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
US labor law that forbids employment discrimination against anyone at least 40 years of age in the United States -
Tinker v. Des Moines
defined First Amendment rights of students in U.S. public schools -
War Powers Resolution
federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress -
Americans with Disabilities Act
civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. -
Homeland Security
a cabinet department of the U.S. federal government with responsibilities in public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries. -
McDonald v. Chicago
the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms"
