US Government

  • Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    Basis of new rule of law instead of rule of man
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact
    Guarenteed colonists rights of englismen and was one of the first documents to govern the colonists.
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights
    This document was a list of rights for every citizen and modeled the out line of the Bill of Rights that the US uses to this day.
  • The Start of the Enlightenment Period

    This era had major influence in the writings of the Constitution. Including the ideals of life, liberty, and property.
  • First continental congress meeting

    First meeting to try and organize the constitution where delegates from the 13 colonies met.
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    First US Currency issued

    Continental Congress issued paper money known as "continentals"
  • Start of American War of Independence

    Also known as the Revolutionary war where the 13 colonies fought Great Britain for their freedom.
  • Second continental congress

    Second meeting to try and organize and sign the Declaration of Independence.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation
    Established very weak central government leaving out things like a military and ability to impose taxes)
  • Declaration of independence

    Declaration of independence
    This document made America a free country from England
  • Treasury system was reorganized

    Created new positions as well as created the seal of the tresury
  • The End of the Revolutionary War

    The colonies are now free from Britain
  • Virginia Bill

    Gave the freedom to citizens to support whichever religion and church they wanted to
  • Northwest Ordinance

    Prevented slavery from expanding and had guidelines for the new territory like how many states it can create and a bill of rights
  • Constitution

    Constitution
    This is the outline of our government and laws
  • Federalist Paper Gazette of the US was published

    Federalist Paper Gazette of the US was published
    this helped expand mass media
  • 1st Amendment

    1st Amendment
    Freedom of speech, religion, press, and assembly which helped form our democracy
  • Fifth Act of Congress

    Fifth Act of Congress
    Congress established the US Customs service
  • USPS was established

    USPS was established
    Congress established the postal service initially requiring the first postmaster to the president through the treasury
  • Federal Judiciary Act

    Federal Judiciary Act
    Established the structure of our Judicial Branch like our federal courts and how they would run
  • First National Bank

    HQ in Philadelphia headed by Alexander Hamilton
  • 2nd amendment

    2nd amendment
    Right to bear arms
  • 3rd amendment

    3rd amendment
    protects private property from the invasion of the government
  • 4th amendment

    4th amendment
    prohibits unwarranted search and seizure
  • 5th Amendment

    5th Amendment
    gives rights to those who have been criminally accused and ensure life, liberty, and persuit of happiness
  • Maybury v. Madison

    Maybury v. Madison
    Established judicial review
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    Doubled the size of the US
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine
    America would no longer interfere with European affairs and would not allow Europe to continue colonizing in America
  • Oregon Treaty

    Pres. Polk signed treaty with Great Britain to gain he territory that became the states of Oregon, Washington Idaho, Wyoming and Montana
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Ended the Mexican-American war and fulfilled Manifest Destiney
  • Compromise of 1850

    Made California a free sate as well as new Utah territory and New Mexico could decide on slavery through popular sovereignty and banned slave trade in D.C
  • Dred Scott Decision

    Supreme Court would not give Dred Scott his freedom in a free state because he was "property"
  • Election of 1861

    Election of 1861
    Abe Lincoln becomes president and the South succeeds
  • Morrill Act

    the federal government allotted land to township for public schools in the first case of public aid to education
  • Emancipation proclamation

    Emancipation proclamation
    Lincoln abolished slavery yet some southern states rebelled against this new law
  • National Banking Act

    established a national currency
  • Freedmen's Bureau

    Freedmen's Bureau
    Supplied recently freed African-Americans with job opportunities, education, and agricultural land
  • National Asylum Act

    The VA hospitals that we know today were established by this act by using the facilities for disabled veterans
  • Impeachment Trial of Andrew Jackson

    The trial to see if the court saw fit to impeach president Andrew Jackson
  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Outlawed monopolies and considered thm harmful to consumers and the market economy
  • Evarts Act

    Gave US courts of appeals jurisdiction over the great majority of appeals from the US districts and circuit courts
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Made segregation legal as long as the facilities were equal (Separate but equal philosophy)
  • Pure Food and Drugs Act

    Outlawed misbranding of food and drug product moving in interstate commerce
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment
    The first constitutionally mandated income tax
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    Ended WWI and included the League of Nations Covenant
  • Radio was invented

    was the first electronic version of mass media
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    Gave Women the right to vote
  • Quota Act of 1921

    Established annual immigrant admissions per country using a formula based on the 1910 federal population census
  • Immigration Act of 1924

    Immigration Act of 1924
    Limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the US through a national origins quota
  • Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

    Required all new drugs to be proven safe and effective prior to approval
  • Executive Order 8802

    Banned employment discrimination in the defense industry
  • G.I. Bill

    G.I. Bill
    Provided new opportunities like education, housing, and rehab facilities for veterans.
  • United Nations (UN) created

    50 nations came together to create the United Nations
  • Truman Doctrine

    $400 million used t combat communism
  • Taft-Hartley Act

    restricted activities of labor unions
  • Executive Order 9981

    Executive Order 9981
    Truman orders integration of all military forces
  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act
    Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act
    Prohibits racial discrimination at the voting polls
  • Watergate Scandal

    Watergate Scandal
    Richard Nixon resigned as president due to the accused break in at the DNC
  • Presidential Records Act

    Made all presidential records after Jan. 20, 1981 property of the United States