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Inspiring Historical Milestones in American Governance

Explore key events and documents shaping U.S. democracy from the Magna Carta to the Civil War and beyond. Reflect on the growth of representative government and pivotal constitutional amendments.

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Inspiring Historical Milestones in American Governance

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  1. Sameria McDonald 4thPeriod

  2. Goals • To graduate honors. • Attend and graduate college. • Live healthy successful life. • Purpose • To help others • Future Career • A secondary mathematics teacher or a college professor.

  3. Hobbies • Singing • Dancing • Learning • Reading Books • Spending time with friends • Making people laugh.

  4. The Beginning • Declaration of Independence • July 4,1776 • A document written to declare America’s independence from Great Britain. • Articles Of Confederation • April 17, 1781 • Battle fought during the American Revolution when the British surrendered. • Constitutional Convention • May 25, 1787 • A convention at the State House in Philadelphia, organized to revise the Articles of Confederation.

  5. The Beginning (continued) • Lousiana Purchase • April 30, 1803 • Purchase made by president Jefferson, that doubled the U.S. in size. • Civil War • 1861–1865 • War between the states, over states rights, slavery, and sectional discrimination. • Treaty of Paris • April 25, 1898 • Formally ended the Spanish-American war.

  6. Growth of Representative Government • Magna Carta(Also known as The Great Charter) • 1215 • A charter the king was forced to sign because he had too much power. It also formed a Parliament. • English Bill Of Rights • December 16, 1689 • Reestablished a monarchy, and declared rights and liberties of citizens.

  7. Declaration of Independence • July 4, 1776 • America breaks from Britain. • U.S Constitution • May 25, 1787 • Created to replace the Articles of confederation during the constitutional convention. • Federalism • A system of government which power between central and federal government are unevenly distributed.

  8. Checks and Balances • Distributes power evenly throughout the legislative, judicial, and executive branch. • Bill of Rights • December 15, 1791 • Rights given to citizens, first ten amendments to the constitution. • Separation of Powers • The division of power among different branches of government.

  9. Nullification Crisis • An argument over states rights which led to the crisis of nullification in South Carolina.

  10. Amendments • 13th amendment • Freed all enslaved African Americans. • 14th amendment • Declared all African Americans citizens and guaranteed them rights. • 15th amendment • Granted all African American men enfranchisement.

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