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20 Cards in this Set
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1776
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Adoption of the Declaration of Independence
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1620
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-Arrival of the Pilgrims and signing of the Mayflower Compact
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1607
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-Jamestown, Virginia (first permanent English settlement in America)
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1787
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-writing of the U.S. Constitution
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1803
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-Louisiana Purchase (doubled the size of the U.S.)
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1861-1865
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-Civil War
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Magna Carta
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-1215-gave us the idea of limited government (even kings have to obey the law)
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Mayflower Compact
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-1620-Separatists (aka Pilgrims) and Strangers signed this document (“civil body politic”/majority rules)
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English Bill of Rights
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-1689-influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights (example: trial by jury)
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Declaration of Independence-1776
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-listed grievances (complaints) against King George III and Parliament
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U.S. Constitution
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-1787-Set up the three branches of government we still have today
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Bill of Rights
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-the first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect individual rights
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Federalist Papers
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-1787-Eighty-five (85) essays written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison explaining why Americans should ratify (approve) the Constitution
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Marbury v. Madison-(midnight judges)
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-established judicial review (the Supreme Court can declare federal laws unconstitutional)
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McCulloch v. Maryland-(Bank)
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-Said states can’t interfere with federal institutions
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Gibbons v. Ogden-(steamboats)
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Said the federal government has control over interstate commerce (business/trade/transportation)
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Worcester v. Georgia-(Cherokees)
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Said the Cherokees were an independent nation and didn’t have to leave Georgia
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Dred Scott v. Sanford-(slavery)-
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Said slaves were property and could be taken to any state
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Hudson River School-
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American landscape painters (focused on nature and American scenes)
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John James Audubon
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-artist known for his paintings of birds in America
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