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Representative Government
~Representative Government is born
~It then begins to evolve -
1215
Magna Carta
~King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta ~Restricts king's power -
House of Burgesses
First official assembly in America -
Mayflower Compact
First written framework for government in the U.S. -
Petition of Right
~Taxes require Parliamentary approval ~Can not unlawfully imprison people -
English Civil War
King Charles fights Parliament, resulting in an all out civil war -
More English Conflict
Conflict between the crown and Parliament is brought back up -
William and Mary
William and Mary came to power, but were under the rules of parliament -
English Bill of Rights
Protected free speech, and prohibits cruel and unusual punishment -
French and Indian War
French and Indians fought against Britain. Britain had a lot of debt afterward. They tried to get the colonies to pay. -
Sugar act
Aimed to end smuggling of sugar -
Stamp Act
Taxed anything on paper -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired into a crowd, killing 5 colonials -
Boston Tea Party
White men dressed as Native Americans, and dumped tea into Massachusetts Bay -
Intolerable Acts
Laws to punish colonists for Boston Tea party -
First Continental Congress
Colonies meet up, beginning the resistance against the king -
Second Continental Congress
12 Colonies decided to actually revolt -
Declaration of Independence
Told Britain we were leaving them to be our own thing -
Articles of Confederation
Constitution before the Constitution. -
Northwest Ordinance
Planned out settling the Northwest Territory -
Constitution Convention
Drafted the Constitution -
Judiciary Act
Made a three part judicial branch -
Marbury v. Madison
Judicial review was made -
McCulloch v Maryland
Power to tax is the power to destroy -
Gibbons v Ogden
Federal govt controls interstate commerce -
Dred Scott v Stanford
Supreme court ruled that Scott was property, and had no legal rights -
Plessy v Ferguson
Ruled that separate but equal was ok -
16th amendment
Let Congress set a federal income tax -
17th amendment
Direct Election of Senators -
Native American Citizenship
Loss of land for natives, fed govt regulates trade with tribes, but natives get to be citizens -
House of Representatives law
makes number of Reps 435 -
New Deal Era
Court said Roosevelt's legislation as an attack on property rights -
U.S. v Miller
Ruled that not all weaponry is protected by the 2nd amendment -
Minersville School v Gobitis
Ruled that a child should be expelled for not saluting the American flag -
U.S. V Darby
Upheld Fair Labor Standards Act -
West Virginia State Board of Education v Barnette
Court said that you now don't have to salute if it's against your religion -
Korematsu v U.S.
Upheld concentration camps for Japanese Americans -
Brown v Board
Ruled that separate is definitely unequal -
Edwards V South Carolina
187 African Americans protested racial injustice at the state capitol -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlaws basically all discrimination -
Miranda v Arizona
Said that detained suspects must know their rights before being questioned -
Loving v Virginia
Ruled against bans on interracial marriage -
Age Discrimination In Employment Act
Protects employees of age 40+ -
Tinker V. Des Moines
Schools couldn't prevent students from protesting vietnam war -
War Powers Resolution
President must consult with Congress before sending troops, and Congress can force president to end the use of military -
New Federalism
Returned some power to states -
Americans With Disabilities Act
Protects the disabled from discrimination -
Block Grant
Congress gave states -
Homeland Security
Reorganized the power structure of organizations already in place -
McDonald v Chicago
Upheld 2nd Amendment at federal, state, and local levels
