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John Locke's ideas rise
John Lock's ideas that people must give their consent to be governed is the basis for the right to vote for representative government -
John Locks unaliable rights begin
His most important political work also appeared in 1690, theTwo Treatises of Government; where he discusses that the function of the state is to protect the natural rights of its citizens. He believed in the idea to "alter or abolish" the government and idea of "unaliable rights" -
Thomas Jeffersons views are estabished
Thomas Jefferson begins to focus reading more exclusively on theories of government viewing people were best governed by a system of laws -
Ideas of unaliable Rights
ideas of unaliable rights from the Declaration of Independence can be attributed to John Locke -
Declaration of Independence createdd
Declaration of Independece signed at added to the US -
1776 US broke away from british monarchy
Enightenment thinking brought Colonists to question the athority of the Brithish monarchy -
Us government limits power of federal government
Us governmentd limits power of federal government by ensuring checks and balances -
The Great Comprimise
the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan come together to make the great Comprimise. One house based on population, one house based on equal representation. -
Supreme Law
In the US the "supreme law of the land" was the Us Constitution -
Key decisions of the supreme cuort
Key decisions of the Supreme Court under the leadership of John Marshall solidified the power of the Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of state and federal laws. -
BIll of Rights added to Constitution
Bill of Rights added to limit the power of the judicial branch -
Irish begin to be persecuted
Irish immigrants are persecuted due to their catholic backround -
Civil War
The Civil War began April 12,1861. Becasue of this the Northern economy suffered shortages. -
Southern states discriminate African Americans
Southern states implements literacy tests, grandfather clauses and poll taxes. -
Immigrants settle in urban areas
1880 to 1920 immigrants settle to urban areas due to the rapid indistrialization that had created many job oppertunities. -
Nativism begins
foreigners fule the begining of Nativism -
Factories were dangerous
Factories became dangerous and diffucult places to work -
Anti-immigration starts
anti-immigration starts in US becasue immigrants began to compete with native born Americans for jobs. -
Growth of labor unions
the fact that most employers were very hostile toward workers efforts to organize limited the growth of labor unions. -
Indstrual Revolution
the Industrial Revolution encouraged people to settle on the East and West coast. -
Publishing of The Jungle
The book The Jungle was published in 1906 which influenced the passage of The Meat Inspection Act.
