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Mar 29, 1215
Magna Carta
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Period: Mar 29, 1215 to
We the People
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Mar 29, 1490
Printing Press
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Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther: 95 Theses
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British win control of India
British East India Company wins battle against India, who was allied the French, for control of India -
Declaration of Independence
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Abolotionists: Truth and Douglas
Sojourner Truth and Fredrcik Douglas, former slaves, fight slavery and women's rights -
World Anti-Slavery Convention
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott meet here and begin women's movement -
The Plight of the Mentally Ill
Dorothy Dix: insanity = disease, not crime -
Seneca Falls: Declaration of Sentiments
"We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men and women are created equal." -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe -
National Council of Colored People
Fredrick douglas and other free slaves protest not being allowed in churchs, etc. -
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair exposes unsantiary meatpacking -
Indian National Congress
INC formed to break from British rule -
NAACP
National Association fo rthe Advancement of Colored People, W.E.B. Du Bois -
Suffrage Parade
Alice APul organized 5, 000 women to march in D.C./200 arrested, went on hunger strike in jail -
Parade against lynching
Between 1892 and 1903 - 3,000 African Americans were lynched -
Women Gain Right to Vote
Amendment 19 ratified -
India and Pakistan Partittioned
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Brown vs. Board of Education
Segregated schools = unequal and unconstitutional/NAACP brought # of cases to court to get to this decision -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks arrested and by following Monday 17,000 black riders not on buses (The Civil Rights Movement had begun.) -
3,000 troops to B'ham
President Kennedy had to send 3,000 federal troops to B'ham to restore order after dogs/hoses/clubs used to attack civil rights protestors. -
I Have a Dream Speech
MLK "March on Washington" for civil rights -
Berlin Wall Crumbles
