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English settle in Jamestown, Virginia
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Boston tea party
American protestores not happy about taxes imposed by the British destroyed tea on a boat in Boston -
American revolutionary war
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Declaration of independence
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Articles of confederation signed
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Philidelphia convention
writing the US constitution -
Constitution is ratified
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Bill of rights added to the Constitution
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Marbury V Madison
Supreme court case which helped define the boundries between Constitutionally seperate executive and judicial branches of government -
End of slave trade
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Dred Scott V Sandford
Supreme court case ruling African Americans couldn't be US citizens -
American civil war
The pro slavery south(confederacy) fought and lost against the anti slavery north(union) -
Civil Rights Amendments (13,14,15)
ended slavery, made all races equal, and allowed anyone to vote -
Plessy V Ferguson
'Seperate but equal' the supreme court ruled that segregation in public facilities -
WWI
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Women get the vote
The ninetenth amendment granted women equal voting rights -
Wall street crash
The markets fell exponentionally after nine years of solid growth from post war optimism -
Launch of the new deal
During the great Depression; relief for the poor, recovery of the economy and reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat -
Pearl Harbour and WWII
The suprise attack by the Japanese on the US Pacific fleet -
Korean war
the US backed south Korea against the communist backed north Korea -
little rock nine
Nine African American students who were refused entry to a segregated high school by the governor of Arkansas, but then granted access by president Eisenhower. It led to the desegregation of all schools -
Brown V Board of education Topeka
Supreme court case which ruled segregation in schools was unconstitutional. -
vietnam war
The US backed south Vietnam against the communist north backed by china and the soviet union. The conflict ended in a humiliating loss for the US with the North winning and billions of dollars wasted and tens of thousands of US troops died -
Cuban missile crisis
During the cold war the USSR planted nuclear missiles on Cuba to deter the US from invading it Cuba. This lead to a blockade of Cuba and very nearly a nuclear war. -
March on Washington
march for jobs and freedon by mostly black workers. Included Martin Luther king's speech -
Civil rights amendments
Civil rights legislation which outlawed discrimination based upon; race, colour, religion, sex or national origin -
Watergate scandal
The Nixon government was found guilty of various breaches of the law including breaking into the Democrat convention and taping phones of various political players -
Roe V Wade
Supreme court case over the right to abortion -
Iranian hostage crisis
The American embassy in Iran was captured during the Iranian revolution and the diplomats were taken hostage and held for 444 days before being released -
Iran contra affair
Reegan's government was involved in a scandal to sell weapons to iran to try to gain the release of hostages -
First Iraq war
Upon Iraq invading Kuwait a coalition of forces lead by the US liberated Kuwait following a short ground invasion after persistent bombing -
Clinton impeached
The president Bill Clinton was impeached on a charge of perjury, and one of the obstruction of justice. he was latter equitted of the charges. -
9/11
The terrorist group al-Qaeda hijacked four planes crashing two into the world trade centres in Manhattan, one into the Pentagon and the last crashed in Pennyslvania after the passengers overthrew the hijackers who were flying towards Washington DC -
Patriot act signed
An act designed to help defend the US against terrorism -
Department of homeland security created
The department was created as a direct result of the 9/11 terror attacks to protect the US against any future terrorist threats. -
Invasion of Iraq
The US along with the UK and Australia invaded Iraq on the premis they beleived they had weapons of mass destruction and posed a threat to world peace -
Hurricane Katrina
The costliest hurricane in natural disaster causing over a hundred billion dollars in damage as well as killing over eighteen hundred people -
Recovery act signed
a bill which outlined plans to increase benefits and public spending to increase jobs and standards of living -
Start of the Tea party
A faction of the Republican party with views that tax should be lowered -
Citizens united V FEC
Supreme court case where it was decided whether a lobbying group should be able to have a commercial about a political opponent -
Affordable care act signed into law
Obama care designe to offer basic healthcare for free instead of based on insurance -
Occupy movement
Protestors camped out in Wall street and outside other major institutions complaining about the unequal spread of wealth in society -
US government shutdown
The Senate and House of representative failed to agree on funding for Obamacare leading to the shutdown of non essential parts of the US government for 16 days