Benchmark Timeline By egar6 Jan 1, 1679 John Locke encourages the idea of unalienable righhts and to abolish the Gov't Jan 1, 1679 john locke encourages right to vote Jan 1, 1700 Enlightenment encouraged the colonists to question the British monarchy Jan 1, 1776 Thomas Jefferson's view, people were best governed by a system of laws Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence elaborates the Enlightenment ideas of natural rights Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence can be attributed to John Locke Jul 16, 1787 The Great Compromise Jun 21, 1788 The US Constitution limits the power of federal govt by enshuring checks and balances for the three branches of govt Jun 21, 1788 The US Constitution is the supreme law of the land Dec 15, 1791 The Bill of Rights was added to the US Constitution to protect personal liberties Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Dec 31, 1899 Many US cities in the 1800s, political machinescontrolled activities of political parties Dec 17, 1800 Irish Imigrants were persecuted because most were catholic. Period: Dec 16, 1801 to Dec 16, 1835 John Marshall solidified the power of the supreme court to review the constitutionary of state and federal laws Period: Dec 17, 1820 to Dec 17, 1870 The Idustrial Revolution encouraged more Americans to settle in the Northeast and Midwest. Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 9, 1865 The civil war expanded and emerged more prosperous than ever before to the Northern economy Period: Jan 1, 1869 to Jan 1, 1896 American political parties in the Gilded Age often controlled local elections by providing people with services and favors in exchange for their votes Period: Dec 17, 1880 to Dec 17, 1899 anti-imigration feelings developed in the US because immigrants competed with native-born Americans for jobs Period: Dec 17, 1880 to Dec 17, 1920 The majority of immigrants to the US settled in urban areas in the North mainly becauserapid industrialization had created many job opportunities Period: Dec 17, 1880 to Dec 17, 1890 most employers were very hostile toward workers efforts to organize which limited the growth of labor unions Period: Dec 17, 1880 to Dec 17, 1890 factories were dangerous and difficult places to work Period: Dec 17, 1880 to Dec 17, 1890 disfranchisement of most African Americans in the South Dec 17, 1900 majority of the immigrants to the US frequently met resentment Dec 17, 1900 Too many foreigners comeing into the US best illlustrates the concept of nativism Dec 17, 1906 THE JUNGLE influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Jan 1, 1925 Americanization movement of the early twntieth century sought to assimilate ethnic immigrant groups into the dominant culture
