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this marked a significant change in human history, from small, nomadic hunter-gatherer groups to larger, agricultural settlements. -
Magna Carta was issued in June 1215 and was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. It sought to prevent the king from exploiting his power, and placed limits of royal authority by establishing law as a power in itself. -
The Declaration of Independence is a founding document of the United States that was adopted by the Continental Congress -
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States, establishing the country's national government after the Revolutionary War -
The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution. -
wants to be an official party and elects members of public offers -
The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution protects citizens in several ways, including:
Due process: The government must recognize citizens' constitutional rights before taking away their life, liberty, or property. This ensures that citizens receive a fair trial.
Right against self-incrimination: Citizens are protected from being forced to give testimony that could incriminate them.
Double jeopardy: Citizens cannot be convicted twice for the same crime. -
The amendment protects the right of Americans to bear arms for self-defense and to protect their rights and property. -
It forbids the housing of any military service member in private homes without the consent of the owner. -
The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures. -
The Freedom of Speech -
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River by the United States from France in 1803 for $15 million. -
The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain that lasted from 1812 to 1815. -
The Monroe Doctrine is a foreign policy position of the United States that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. It was announced by President James Monroe -
The development of the electric telegraph greatly changed the way diplomacy was conducted in the 19th century. -
American Commodore Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world. -
The Gadsden Purchase, or Treaty, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico -
the Western powers concluded a series of treaties with China in an effort to open its lucrative markets to Western trade. -
Union forces established a blockade of Confederate ports designed to prevent the export of cotton and the smuggling of war materiel into the Confederacy. -
a U.S. Navy Officer, captured two Confederate envoys aboard the British mail ship, the Trent. -
The controversy began when Confederate agents contracted for warships from British boatyards. -
The purchase of Alaska in 1867 marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to the Pacific coast of North America, -
The Yalta Conference was a meeting between the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union that took place in Yalta, Crimea -
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. -
The Geneva Naval Conference of 1927 was a gathering of the United States, Great Britain and Japan, to discuss making joint limitations to their naval capacities. -
The Neutrality Acts were a series of laws passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s to prevent the country from becoming involved in foreign wars -
The Casablanca Conference was a meeting between Allied leaders in January 1943 to plan the next steps in World War II. -
The Yalta Conference was a meeting between the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union that took place in Yalta, Crimea. -
The Berlin Airlift was a 15-month humanitarian mission to supply West Berlin with food, fuel, and other supplies by air after the Soviet Union blockaded the city in 1948 -
The Chinese Revolution was a series of events that began in 1911 and culminated in the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949 -
The East German Uprising of 1953 was a series of protests and riots that took place in the German Democratic Republic -
The Warsaw Pact provided for a unified military command and the systematic ability to strengthen the Soviet hold over the other participating countries. -
The Suez Crisis was a military operation in 1956 that involved Britain, France, and Israel invading Egypt to regain control of the Suez Canal. -
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth, launched by the Soviet Union. -
Under the Eisenhower Doctrine, a Middle Eastern country could request American economic assistance or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression. -
The Berlin Crisis was a Cold War conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States over the status of Berlin, which was divided after World War II -
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962, during the Cold War. -
The Laos Crisis was a period of political instability and civil war in Laos that lasted from 1960 to 1963. It was the first foreign policy crisis faced by President-elect John F. Kennedy. -
The Limited Test Ban Treaty was an arms control agreement signed in 1963 by the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain. -
The 1973–1974 oil embargo was a temporary ban on oil shipments from the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries to the United States and other countries.