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World History Recap

Review of History

TermDefinition
1215 Magna Carta Limited the power of the King.
1620 Mayflower Compact Rules for the Pilgrims for how to organize self-government at Plymouth.
1639 Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1st written constitution in America.
1689 English Bill of Rights Guarenteed English citizens certain rights & stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.
1777 Articles of Confederation 1st American Constitution; States had much more power than Federal Government.
1783 Treaty of Paris Officially ended the American Revolutionary War
1785 Land Ordinance of 1786 Set up system for settling Northwestern territory.
1787-1788 Constitution Created Modern Constitution
1791 Bill of Rights 1st Ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
1803 Marbury vs. Madison Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution.
1823 Monroe Doctrine Europe would not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.
January 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.
1865 13th Amendment Banned slavery throughout the nation.
1866 14th Amendment Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.
1870 15th Amendment Voting rights freed black men.
Benjamin Franklin Enlightenment Thinker and Inventor. Oldest delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
George Washington 1st President Commander of Americna forces in the American Revolution.
King George III King of England during the American Revolution.
Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of Independence, President, Founder of University of Virginia, and inventor.
Abraham Lincoln President during the Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation.
Marbury VS. Madison 1803 Judicial Review
McCullough VS. Maryland 1819 Curbed states rights
1619 Establishment of the House of Burgesses First Representative Assembly in America.
1620 Mayflower Compact Beginning of self-government by colonists.
1700 Age of Reason Use of scientific method to find out how the world works. Benjamin Franklin synonymous with Age of Reason and Enlightenment.
1700s Enlightenment Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.
1774 First Continental Congress First organizing of the 13 original colonies.
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