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1215
Magna Carta
King John signed Magna Carta which moved England from rule of man to rule of law -
Jamestown house of Burgesses
Experiments in Early Governance -
Petition of Right
King Charles signed petition of rights which made monarch's obtain approval -
English Bill of Rights
Free Speech and Protection from cruel and unusual punishments -
Sugar Act
Parliament put this tax on the American Colonies -
Stamp Act
Parliament put this tax on the American Colonies -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired into crowd, 5 colonists died -
Boston Tea Party
Dumped British Tea into Harbor -
Intolerable Acts
quartering british troops -
Declaration of Independence
Inspired by John Locke, free from Britain -
Judiciary Act of 1789
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Federalists Papers
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Dual Federalism
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Whigs countered with National Gazette
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Marshall Court
Chief Justice John Marshall -
McCulloch Vs. Madison
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12th Amendment
allows the President to choose V.P. -
Marbury v. Maryland
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McCulloch Vs. Maryland
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Gibbons v. Ogden
A case in which the Court decided that the federal government has exclusive power over interstate commerce. -
Seneca Falls Convention
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Dred Scott V. Sanford
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US population doubled after
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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
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Reconstruction through the End of the Century
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Plessy Vs. Ferguson
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17th Amendment
Direct election of Senators -
First Radio
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Most Citizenship
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New Deal Era
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Roosevelt as President
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US. Vs. Darby
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Executive Order 9066
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Korematsu Vs. United States
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First Television
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22nd Amendment
U.S. President can serve up to 10 years or 2 4-year terms -
Brown Vs. Board
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Hernandez Vs. Texas
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Great Society
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25th Amendment
Sets up the formal processes of Presidential Succession -
Miranda Vs. Arizona
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Loving Vs. Virginia
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War powers resolution
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New Federalism
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Graham Vs. Connor
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Defense Department
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D.C. Vs. Heller
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Obergefell Vs. Hodges
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Trump Vs. Hawaii