| A | B |
|---|
| 1215: Magna Carta | First charter to limit King's power |
| 1607: Jamestown | First English settlment (John Smith) |
| 1619: House of Burgess | First Representative Assmebly |
| 1620: Mayflower Compact | First for of Self-Government |
| 1639: Fundamental Order of Connectecut | First colonial constitution |
| 1689: English Bill of Rights | Inluenced American Bill of Rights |
| 1754-63: French & Indian War | Fought over the Ohio River Valley (Fur) led to taxes |
| 1774: First Continental Congress | Patriots organized the militia |
| 1775: Lexington & Concord | First Battle of American Revolution (Shot heard round the world) |
| 1776: July 4th Declaration of Independence | List of grievences sent to King George (Bill of Righs) |
| 1777: Articles of Confederation | First Constitution it failed (gave states too much power) |
| 1783: Treaty of Paris | Ended the American Revolution (Gained land to the Mississippi River) |
| 1787: Constitutional Convention | Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation |
| 1787: Great Compromise | Created a 2 house legislature (Bicameral) House & Senate |
| 1787: Northwest Ordinance | Procedure for turning territories into States |
| 1787: 3/5 Compromise | Process for counting slaves (Representation and Taxes) |
| 1790's-1800's: Industrial Revolution | Mass Production, Interchangeable Parts |
| 1791: American Bill of Rights | First 10 Amendments (Protect cvil liberties) |
| 1803: Louisiana Purchase | Land from Mississippi River to Rockies (France) |
| Marbury vs Madison | Established Judicial Review (Unconstitutional) |
| 1823: Monroe Doctrine | Warning for the West to not colonize the East |
| 1832: Nullification Crisis | South Carolina refused to pay Federal Taxes (States Rights) |
| Worcester vs. Georgia | Supreme Court sided with Native Americans (Ignored by Jackson) |
| 1861-65: Civil War | Sectionalism, Slavery, Secession & States Rights |
| January 1,1863: Emancipation Proclamation | Speeech by Lincoln freeing the slaves (backed up by the 13th Amendment) |
| 1865: 13th Amendment | Ended involuntary servitude (Freed Slaves) FREE |
| 1866: 14th Amendment | Provided Citzenship for freed slaves CITIZENS |
| 1870: 15th Amendment | Allowed African American me to vote VOTE |
| 1865-77: Reconstruction | Era rebuilding the South (Failed due to segregation/Black Codes) |
