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Manga carta
Magna Carta Libertatum, commonly called Magna Carta, is a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.
Moved from rule of man to rule of law
Outlined individual rights which king could not violate
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Experiments in Early governance
Jamestown’s House of Burgesses (1619) -
Experiments in Early governance
Mayflower Compact (1620)
Each charter guaranteed colonists the “rights of Englishmen.” -
Petition of Right
King Charles required to sign the Petition of Right
Required monarchs to obtain Parliamentary approval before new taxes
Government could not unlawfully imprison people or establish military rule during times of peace -
Petition of Right
Extended conflict between Charles and Parliament erupted into civil war in 1642.
Charles defeated, beheaded -
English Bills of rights
1689: English Bill of Rights passed -
English Bills of rights
1689: William and Mary chosen to rule, but had to govern according to statutes of Parliament -
Road to independence
Road to Independence
French and Indian War left Britain with a lot of debt.
Parliament taxed the American colonies to offset debt\
Taxation led to the cry “No Taxation without Representation.”
Sugar Act (1764) -
Road to independence
Stamp Act (1765)
First direct tax on paper goods and legal documents
Stamp Act Congress met to protest the tax and it was repealed -
American independence
American Independence
Early Attempts at Unity
New England Confederation
Plymouth, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, and New Haven colonies formed to defend against threats from Native Americans and Dutch colonists.
Iroquois Confederation
British colonies formed an alliance with 6 Native American nations
Albany Plan of Union
Reps. appointed by Colonial assemblies and a president general appointed by the king
Became basis for Constitution -
South Carolina falls to the British
May 12, 1780 - Charleston, South Carolina falls to the British after an effective siege -
January 4, 1782 - The Bank of North America opens its doors as Robert Morris, the superintendent of Finance, recommends the creation of a national mint and decimal coins. .
January 4, 1782 - The Bank of North America opens its doors as Robert Morris, the superintendent of Finance, recommends the creation of a national mint and decimal coins. The bank, along with the Bank of New York and First Bank of the United States, will be the first entities to obtain shares on the New York Stock Exchange. -
Ending the conflict that would give America its freedom.
January 14, 1784 - Congress ratifies the final peace treaty between Great Britain and the United States, ending the conflict that would give America its freedom. -
The Treaty of Hopewell
January 3, 1786 - The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between representatives of the Confederation Congress of the United States and the Indian nation of the Choctaw, originally located in the southeastern states of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana and known as one of the five civilized tribes. -
February 20, 1792 - The United States Post Office Department
February 20, 1792 - The United States Post Office Department is established, signed into law by President George Washington. -
March 27, 1794 - The U.S. Government establishes a permanent navy
March 27, 1794 - The U.S. Government establishes a permanent navy and commissions six vessels to be built. They would be put into service three years later -
The United States State Department issues the first passport.
July 8, 1796 - The United States State Department issues the first passport. -
Thomas Jefferson, then Vice President of the United States, informs the American Philosophical Society of his invention of a new mould board for a plow.
May 4, 1798 - Thomas Jefferson, then Vice President of the United States, informs the American Philosophical Society of his invention of a new mould board for a plow. -
U.S. President John Adams is the first President
November 1, 1800 - U.S. President John Adams is the first President to live in the White House, then known as the Executive Mansion and sixteen days later, the United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C. He would be defeated for the presidency by December 6 by Thomas Jefferson. -
Thomas Jefferson is elected as the 3rd president
February 17, 1801 - Thomas Jefferson is elected as the 3rd president of the United States in a vote of the House of Representatives after tying Aaron Burr, his Vice President, in the electoral college with 73 electors due to a flaw in the original vote for two system, which would be corrected in the 12th Amendment to the Constitution. -
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
October 26, 1804 - The Lewis and Clark Expedition arrives at the confluence of the Knife and Missouri Rivers, in what is now the state of North Dakota, where they camped until the spring of 1805 at the hospitality of the Mandan and Minitari Indian villages.
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U.S. Regular Army prior to the outbreak of Civil War
January 19, 1807 - Robert E. Lee is born. Would become a military officer, both with the U.S. Regular Army prior to the outbreak of Civil War, and afterwards, the American Confederate General. -
he importation of slaves is outlawed
January 1, 1808 - The importation of slaves is outlawed, although between 1808 and 1860, more than 250,000 slaves were illegally imported. -
During 1810, the causes of the War of 1812 began
During 1810, the causes of the War of 1812 began to emerge. Four thousand naturalized American sailors had been seized by British forces by this year, which forced trade between England and the United States to grind to a halt. -
February 6, 1815 - The first American railroad
February 6, 1815 - The first American railroad charter is granted by the state of New Jersey to John Stephens -
The first private military school in the United States
August 6, 1819 - The first private military school in the United States, Norwich University, is founded by Captain Alden Partridge in Vermont. -
March 4, 1825 - John Quincy Adams is inaugurated as President, with John C. Calhoun
March 4, 1825 - John Quincy Adams is inaugurated as President, with John C. Calhoun as his Vice President after the House of Representatives settle the lack of an Electoral College majority. -
William Austin Burt, of the United States, invents and patents the typewriter, at the time called the typographer.
July 23, 1829 - William Austin Burt, of the United States, invents and patents the typewriter, at the time called the typographer. -
The Cherokee tribe is forced to cede lands in Georgia and cross the Mississippi River
December 29, 1835 - The Cherokee tribe is forced to cede lands in Georgia and cross the Mississippi River after gold is found on their land in Georgia, which results in the Treaty of New Echota. -
Samuel Colt.
February 25, 1836 - The patent for the first revolver is awarded to inventor Samuel Colt. -
Thaddeus Fairbanks
February 24, 1839 - Americans invent. William Otis receives a patent for the steam shovel. Later that year, American inventor Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scales and Charles Goodyear invented rubber vulcanization. -
China
July 3, 1844 - The United States signs the treaty of Wanghia with China. It is the first treaty signed between the two nations. -
The first railroad train crossed mississippi
April 21, 1855 - The first railroad train crosses the Mississippi River on the first bridge constructed at Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport, Iowa. -
Oregon
February 14, 1859 - Oregon is admitted to the Union as the 33rd state. -
Women's Suffrage
December 10, 1869 - In one of the first acts of success in the women's suffrage movement, a Women's Suffrage law passes in the Territory of Wyoming. -
The National Rifle Association
November 17, 1871 - The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the State of New York. -
President Rutherford B. Hayes
February 15, 1879 - President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill that allowed female attorneys to argue in Supreme Court cases.
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Future president Franklin Delano
January 30, 1882 - Future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born at his home in Hyde Park, New York -
The U.S. Naval War
October 6, 1884 - The U.S. Naval War College is founded in Newport, Rhode Island -
The deadliest flood in American history
May 31, 1889 - The deadliest flood in American history occurs in Johnstown, Pennsylvania when 2,200 people perish from the water of the South Fork Dam after heavy rains cause its destruction. -
Pledge of Allegiance in U.S.
October 12, 1892 - The first recital of the Pledge of Allegiance in U.S. public schools is done to mark the 400th anniversary of Columbus Day. -
first underground public transportation
September 1, 1897 - The era of the subway begins when the first underground public transportation in North America opens in Boston, Massachusetts. -
The Open Door Policy with China
September 6, 1899 - The Open Door Policy with China is declared by Secretary of State John Hay and the U.S. government in an attempt to open international markets and retain the integrity of China as a nation.
To the 1900s -
Gold act
March 14, 1900 - The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard. -
us population
June 1, 1900 - The 1900 census is conducted. In the first census of the 20th century, the population of the United States rose to 76,212,168, a 21% increase since 1890. For the first time, all fifty entities that would become the fifty states are included after Hawaii had officially become a territory of the United States on February 22. The center of the United States population, geographically, is now six miles southeast of Columbus, Indiana. -
oil
January 10, 1901 - The first major oil discovery in Texas occurs near Spindletop in Beaumont. -
baseball
January 28, 1901 - The American League of Major League Baseball declares itself a Major League after one season as a minor league stemming from the minor Western League in 1899. The eight charter teams included the Baltimore Orioles, the Boston Americans, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Blues, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Athletics, and the Washington Senators. 1901 signified its initial year of competition as a major league, competing against the senior National circuit. -
the louisiana Purchase
April 30, 1904 - The Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens. Renowned for its spectacular ivory buildings, the inventions of the ice cream cone, and the "Meet Me in St. Louis" song. The St. Louis exposition closed December 1 with over nineteen million visitors. It was held on 1,272 acres. The Summer Olympic Games of 1904 were also twinned with the fair and were the first Olympic Games held in the western -
Military
July 1918 - By the middle of 1918, the United States military forces had over one million troops in Europe fighting in World War I. -
votes for women
August 18, 1920 - Women are given the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the United States constitution grants universal women's suffrage. Also known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment, in recognition of her important campaign to win the right to vote. -
Civial war
March 5, 1927 - The civil war in China prompts one thousand United States marines to land in order to protect property of United States interests. -
stock market
October 29, 1929 - Postwar prosperity ends in the 1929 Stock Market crash. The plummeting stock prices led to losses between 1929 and 1931 of an estimated $50 billion and started the worst American depression in the nation's history. -
Neutrality
September 5, 1939 - The United States declares its neutrality in the European war after Germany invaded Poland, effectively beginning World War II after a year of European attempts to appease Hitler and the aims of expansionist Nazi Germany. -
G.I Bill
June 22, 1944 - The G.I. Bill of Rights is signed into law, providing benefits to veterans -
the reatake
July 21, 1944 - The United States military begins to retake the island of Guam after Japanese troops had occupied the island during World War II. The battle would end on August 10.
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Space race
January 27, 1967 - The Outer Space Treaty is signed into force by the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union, to take effect on October 10, 1967.
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Terrorist Bomb
October 23, 1983 - A terrorist truck bomb kills two hundred and forty-one United States peacekeeping troops in Lebanon at Beirut International Airport. A second bomb destroyed a French barracks two miles away, killing forty ther -
Gulf war
February 27, 1991 - The Gulf War ends one day after Iraq withdraws its forces from Kuwait and sets the oil fields on fire. A cease fire is declared and Iraq accepts the condition of disarmament after one hundred hours of ground fighting. On April 3, the United Nations Security Council passes Resolution 687, calling for the destruction and removal of the entire Iraqi chemical and biological weapons stockpile, Iraq also agrees to withdraw its support of international terrorism. -
911
The attack of two planes levels the World Trade Center and the crash of one plane inflicts serious damage to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, causing nearly 3,000 deaths. The fourth plane is heroically crashed by passengers into a Shanksville, Pennsylvania cornfield when they learn of the plot, preventing destruction of another structure in Washington, D.C., supposed to be the White House or the Capitol building. The plot is attributed to the Al-Qaeda organization led by Osama Bin Laden. -
The merican flag
July 4, 2007 - The fifty star flag of the United States of America becomes the longest flying flag in American history after flying over forty-seven years. -
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May 2, 2011 - Osama Bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and other locations and leader of the terrorist group, Al-Queda, is killed after ten years of pursuit by United States and coalition forces during a raid by U.S. Navy Seals on his hideout location in Pakistan. -
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May 2, 2011 - Osama Bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and other locations and leader of the terrorist group, Al-Queda, is killed after ten years of pursuit by United States and coalition forces during a raid by U.S. Navy Seals on his hideout location in Pakistan. -
donald trump
December 18, 2019 - President Donald Trump is impeached by the House of Representatives in a partisan vote, on two counts, Obstruction of Congress and Abuse of Power, for a perceived improper phone conversation revolving around the Ukraine, military aid, and a potential investigation into oil dealings of the son of political rival Joe Biden.
