The Timeline Of American Government

By Fridgy56
  • 1500 BCE

    Moses

    Great Leader, and a big thing to them was the ten commandments.
  • 600 BCE

    Old Testament

    Special kind of agreement between people and God, influenced the formation of colonial governments and contributed to our constitutional structure.
  • 100

    New Testament

    The second part of the Christian Bible, written originally in Greek and recording the life and teachings of Jesus and his earliest followers
  • 1215

    Magna Carta

    A guarantee of limited government. It protected people from unjust punishment by the government and from the levying of taxes without popular consent.

  • The Mayflower Compact

    The Pilgrims governed themselves by a written contract between themselves.

  • The Constitution of Connecticut

    The Constitution of Connecticut had a huge influence on the Founders of America. Considered by many to be the state's first constitution.

  • The English Bill Of Rights

    Was the first bill of rights, put clear limits on monarchy. The American Bill of Rights was influenced by this.

  • House Of Lords

    members of the upper chamber were the first sons of noble families, and inherited their position.

  • House of Commons

    Members of the lower chamber were elected and were often the younger sons of noble families or wealthy commoners.

  • The Enlightment

    Rational laws developed by John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Voltaire to describe social behavior and applied their finding in support of human rights and liberal economic theories.

  • The French And Indian War begins

    A struggle between French and British over lands in what is now western Pennsylvania and Ohio led to the start of the war.

  • The French And Indian War ends

    Great Britain won the war in 1763 with British troops led by George Washington.

  • Stamp Act

    Tax on legal documents.

  • English Common Law

    Courts of England since the Middle Ages.

  • Boston Tea Party

    342 tea chest poured into the Boston Harbor.

  • First Continental Congress

    Relationship with Great Britain.

  • Second Continental Congress

    Assumed powers of a central government.

  • Declaration of Independence

    One of the most famous documents in world history.

  • Articles of Confederation

    The original constitution of the U.S.

  • The Constitution of the United States

    We the People of the United States.