American Government

By CourtneyWard2020
  • 1500 BCE

    1) Moses (1500 BC)

    1) Moses (1500 BC)
    -Ten Commandments
    - All people, even kings, and set forth rules for a fair trial
  • 600 BCE

    2) Old Testament (600 BC)

    2) Old Testament (600 BC)
    -Covenant
    - Special kind of agreement between people & God
  • 100

    3) New Testament (100 AD)

    3) New Testament (100 AD)
    -Covenant
    - Special kind of agreement between people & God
  • 1215

    4) Magna Carta ( 1215)

    4) Magna Carta ( 1215)
    -English Nobles
    - Oppressive policies of King John
    - Unfair taxation and cruel treatment of prisioners
    - Protected people from unjust punishment

  • 5) The Mayflower Compact (1620)

    5) The Mayflower Compact (1620)
    • A written contract between themselves

  • 6) The Constitution of Connecticut (1639)

    6) The Constitution of Connecticut (1639)
    • Huge influence on the Founders of America
    • First Constitution Written

  • 7) English Bill of Rights (1689)

    7) English Bill of Rights (1689)
    • Power struggles -Removed King James 2
    • 2 new monarchs who recognized the Parliament as supreme

  • 8) House of the Lords (1689)

    8) House of the Lords (1689)
    • Upper Chamber
    • US Senate

  • 9) House of Commons ( 1689)

    9) House of Commons ( 1689)
    • Lower Chamber
    • US House of Representatives

  • 10) The Enlightment ( 1700s)

    10) The Enlightment ( 1700s)
    • Intellectual Movement
    • Developed Rational Laws

  • 13) The French and Indian War ( 1754-1763)

    • The struggle between French & the British
    • Great Britain won -War was very costly
    • Britain was left with huge debt

  • 14) The Stamp Act (1765)

    • King George 3 , King of England in 1760
    • Levied taxes on tea, sugar, glass, paper & other products
    • Colonist protested, by British goods

  • 11) English Common Laws (1766)

    11) English Common Laws (1766)
    • Courts of England since the Middle Ages

  • 15) Boston Tea Party (1773)

    • Mohawk Indians, 342 chests of British tea
    • Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts and closed the Boston Harbor

  • 16) The First Continental Congress (1774)

    • Every colony except Georgia met in Philadelphia
    • Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington

  • 12) The 13 English Colonies (1607-1776)

    12) The 13 English Colonies (1607-1776)
    • A governor
    • A Legislative Body
    • A court system

  • 17) The Second Continental Congress (1776)

    • All 13 colonies
    • John Hancock Assumed powers of a Central Government -Organized an army, a navy, made plans to issue money

  • 19) The Articles of Confederation (1781)

    -didn’t go into ineffective immediately because it had to be approved by all thirteen states.
    -By March 1781, all thirteen states had ratified, or approved the Articles.