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- 11773“No taxation without representation” The 13 colonies were moaning that they were being taxed without having any say on laws in Parliament... This lead to the Boston tea party .
- 24th July 1776 (started the war of independence)The declaration of independance. (Thomas Jefferson wrote it) Based on Locke's philosophy of that everyone has natural rights (Life, liberty and property) If a government tried to trample of your natural rights then you should be a the liberty to overthrow them. (synoptic link). Jefferson change it to the rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
“We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal” - 31781Started writing the articles of confederation. Fearful that they would become like the British government and be dictated over by a few men living 1000’s of miles away.
It consisted of a loose collection of states with a weak central government. Also 9/13 states had to agree to pass laws. There was also no president. - 41787Philadelphia Convention, US constitution drafted with a slave only counting as 3/5 of a person. During the connecticut compromise they agreed to a Bicameral system with a federal system. This was a constitution based on compromise ensuring a halfway house.
- 51791Bill of rights were written, created the first 10 rights.
The main rights:
1. Free Speech (media, religious tolerance)
2. The right to bear arms
4.Unreasonable search and seizure
5.Fair Trial
8.Cruel and unusual punishment X
10. states rights - 61861Start of the Civil War
- 71865End of Civil war.13th and 14th amendments are written, E.g. equal rights and the abolition of slavery.
- 81896Plessy v ferguson case - Separate BUT EQUAL
- 91954Brown v Board of Education, “Separate but inherently unequal” i.e. over turning the Plessy case made 60 years earlier.
- 101964Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed, it banned discrimination based on "race, color, religion, sex or national origin" in employment practices and public accommodations. The bill authorized the Attorney General to file lawsuits to enforce the new law. The law also nullified state and local laws that required such discrimination.
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