American Government

By Mari_123469
  • Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    It sought to prevent the king from exploiting his power and placed limits on royal authority by establishing law as a power in itself.

  • Declaration Of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence, the founding document of the United States, was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.

  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation, first U.S. constitution (1781–89), which served as a bridge between the initial government by the Continental Congress of the Revolutionary period and the federal government provided under the U.S. Constitution of 1787.

  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention, (1787), in U.S. history, was a convention that drew up the Constitution of the United States. Stimulated by severe economic troubles, which produced radical political movements such as Shays’s Rebellion, and urged on by a demand for a stronger central government, the convention met in the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia (May 25–September 17, 1787), ostensibly to amend the Articles of Confederation.

  • United States Constitution

    The United States Constitution is the fundamental law of the United States of America. It was proposed on September 17, 1787, by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was then ratified by conventions in each state. I

  • Judiciary Act of 1789

    the Judiciary Act of 1789 established the structure and jurisdiction of the federal court system and created the position of attorney general.

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal"

  • Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District.

    In Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969), the Supreme Court ruled that public school officials cannot censor student expression unless they can reasonably forecast that the speech will substantially disrupt school activities or invade the rights of others.