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Jun 1, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was one of the most important documents of Medieval England. The document was a series of written promises between the king and his subjects that he, the king, would govern England and deal with its people according to the customs of feudal law -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by separatist Congregationalists who called themselves "Saints". Later they were referred to as Pilgrims or Pilgrim Fathers. -
Act of Toleration
act of Parliament granting freedom of worship to Nonconformists -
Salem Witch Trials
Belief in the supernatural–and specifically in the devil’s practice of giving certain humans (witches) the power to harm others in return for their loyalty–had emerged in Europe as early as the 14th century, and was widespread in colonial New England. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War. The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France, with both sides supported by military. -
American Revolution
The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy -
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress. This document served as the United States' first constitution, and was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present day Constitution went into effect. -
Constitutional Convention
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation. -
Conneticut Compromise
was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States -
The Great Compromise
The Great Compromise saved the Constitutional Convention, and, probably, the Union as well. -
Constitution
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. -
U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court of the United States. Established pursuant to Article III of the United States Constitution in 1789 -
Judiciary Act of 1789
It was a United States federal statute adopted on 1789, in the first session of the First United States Congress. -
Whiskey Rebellion
also known as the Whiskey Insurrection, was a tax protest in the United States -
English Common law
English law means the legal system of England and Wales. The essence of English common law is that it is made by judges sitting in courts, applying legal precedent to the facts before them. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
were four bills that were passed by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams -
Louisiana Purchase
With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States purchased approximately 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France. which is now the US teritory -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lasting for two and a half years, fought by the United States of America against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies and its Native American allies -
Treaty of Ghent
signed on December 24, 1814 in the city of Ghent, was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. -
Missouri Compromise
was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. -
Second Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson. President Andrew Jackson outlined his Indian removal policy in his Second Annual Message to Congress. -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny is a term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast. -
Mexican American War
A war between the U.S. and Mexico spanned the period from spring 1846 to fall 1847. The war was initiated by the United States and resulted in Mexico's defeat and the loss of approximately half of its national territory in the north -
Mexican Cession
The Mexican Cession is a historical name in the United States for the region of the modern day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo but had not been part of the areas east of the Rio Grande which had been claimed by the republic though the Texas. -
Bleeding Kansas
Border War was a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements in Kansas -
Kansas Nebraska Act
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom. Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Transcontinental Railroad
a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, signaling the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. The transcontinental railroad had long been a dream for people living in the American West.
