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1215
Magna Carta
Pope innocent III nullified the agreement, and England plunged into internal war. -
1346
The Black Plague
Killed a lot of people -
1455
WAR OF THE ROSES
people faught -
Jamestown Founded
They founded Jamestown -
The American Revolution
Everything changed for the country. -
Boston Massacre
A bunch of people got killed in Boston -
Boston Tea Party
Poured tea into the harbor while chanting no taxation without representation -
Declaration of Independence
the first formal statement by a nation's people asserting their right to choose their own government -
3rd Amendment
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law -
4th Amendment
protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government -
1st Amendment
provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise -
2nd Amendment
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed -
5th Amendment
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be -
7th Amendment
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States -
6th Amendment
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation -
9th Amendment
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. -
8th Amendment
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. -
10th Amendment
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. -
Whiskey Rebellion
uprising of farmers and distillers in western Pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax enacted -
11th Amendment
The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one -
12th Amendment
correcting weaknesses in the earlier electoral system which were responsible for the controversial Presidential Election of 1800 -
Revolution and the New Nation
They started the new nation -
Westward Expansion
They moved west -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln put it in motion and was against slavery. It was to free slaves. -
13th Amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction -
Civil War
It was fought between the Union and the Confederacy, the latter formed by states that had seceded -
14th Amendment
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws -
15th Amendment
granted African American men the right to vote -
National Expansion and Reform
Everyone was expanding -
Industrial US
Everyone was building -
16th Amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration -
17th Amendment
the 17th Amendment modified Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution by allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators. Prior to its passage, senators were chosen by state legislatures -
WW1
an international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions -
18th Amendment
prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxication liquors -
19th Amendment
Women got the rights to votes -
Modern America
Everyone was inventing things -
20th Amendment
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that sets the inauguration date for new presidential terms and the date for new sessions of Congress -
21st Amendment
The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide prohibition on alcohol -
WW2
It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers -
Great depression
Everyone was broke and nobody really had anything -
22nd Amendment
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once -
23rd Amendment
A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be -
J.F.K assassination
Got shot in the back of the head at a booth in Dallas Texas -
Martin Luther King's Speech
some 100 years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves, a young man named Martin Luther King climbed the marble steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington -
24th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President -
25th Amendment
the 25th amendment clarifies the crucial clause that provides for succession to the Presidency and for filling a Vice Presidential vacancy -
Martin Luther King Assassination
was shot in the head while standing on a balcony -
Post War U.S.
We were getting ready to go to war -
26th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States -
Cold War
the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union -
27th Amendment
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened -
9/11
2,996 people were killed, including 19 terrorist hijackers.