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May Flower Compact
The base assignment of people who came to the new world. Was signed on the ship on November 11. There are 101 passengers who signed in the contract. -
The Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a united government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin himself, later on, a senior leader and a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany Congress on July 10, 1754, in Albany, New York. The famous quote inside the Albany Planis " Join, or die". It is one of multiple early which tried to form a union of the colonies "under one government as far as might be necessary for defense and other general important purposes." -
The Acts to Tax
Series of Acts against the Colonists past from the British Parliament, such as the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts. Which taxed Colonists to pay for British expenses. Which is the motivation for the independent for the US and the war of Independent afterward. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest against the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the British East India Company (the company which is basically controlled by the UK government) to sell tea from China that has really low qualities to colonists. The colonists strongly opposed the act, because they think the act really offended their rights. -
Intolerable Acts
As a response to the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts were made to punish Massachusetts, passed by the British Parliament in 1774. The Boston Harbor was closed to commerce. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their "defiance, corn and mockery" in the Tea Party protest in reaction for changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. -
The Declaration of Independence is adopted.
Second Continental Congress meets at the Pennsylvania State House and adopts the Declaration of Independence. The declaration came 442 days after the first volleys of the American Revolution being fired. -
The Article of Confedderation
The Article of Confederation is the first article all 13 states in the US followed. The article was created and concluding on 1776 to 1777, but the article was not being adopted until 1781. This Article is one of the most meaningful and powerful documents on US history. -
Shays' Rebellion
State governors chose not to raise the national government's request, the country would be lack of people's will. The result is an uprising of Massachusetts farmers known as Shays's Rebellion. And the rebellion is an appearance of people afraid of having another taste of the tragedy in the UK again.(Articles of Confederation) -
Presidency of George Washington
The states ratified the new Constitution of the United States in 1787, which created three branches of the federal government: Congress, the courts, and the presidency. George Washington , became the first person to control the branch of presidency of the United States.
As the president and first of the executive branch, Washington was responsible for the government that the Constitution created. -
US Constitution Adopted
US Constitution started the effect, and three branches of government being established- Executive, Judicial and Legislative. The decision is the new government would take on March 4. The government still exists in the US nowadays. -
Bills of Right being Declared
Congress has 12 amendments passed to the Constitution. English Bill of Rights is the base of it. Rights of basic freedom, freedom of speech and rights to bear arms, famous amendments inside the Bills of Rights are included inside the first 12 amendments. Two of the 12 amendments are not ratified. -
The 13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery, abolished after Union takes down the Confederacy in the Civil War. Also, abolishing slavery is one of the three most recognized amendments later on. -
The 14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment being ratified in 1868, giving all citizens born right and being equal—including former slaves and also guaranteed to all citizens with “equal protection of the laws.” Also one of the three most recognized amendments. -
The 15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment being adopted by the U.S. Constitution gave African Americans the right to vote, with declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." Women are not specifically included in the amendment. This is the last of three most recognized amendments. -
The 18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment from the United States Constitution was being established the prohibition of "intoxicating liquors" in the United States, which bans all the sales, usage, etc of the alcohol. The amendment was proposed by Congress on December 18, 1917, and was being ratified by the requisite number of states on January 16, 1919. But there's still smuggler who smuggle wines, also people could use alcohol as a "medicine", which was approved by the government.
