Timeline Project

  • Jamestown, VA

    First permanent settlement
  • House of Burgesses

    First colonial legislature
  • proclamation of 1763

    restricted western settlement
  • Sugar act

    tax on imported goods that was seen as right violation
  • Stamp act

    tax on documents and goods led to widespread protests
  • Marbury v. Madison

    Marbury v. Madison

    established judicial review
  • McCulloch v. Maryland

    McCulloch v. Maryland

    upheld implied powers
  • Gibbons v. Ogden

    Gibbons v. Ogden

    interpreted commerce clause broadly
  • New Deal

    New Deal

    job creation, economic recovery
  • 22nd Amendment

    22nd Amendment

    limits a president to two elected terms
  • Great Society

    Great Society

    social programs like Medicare and Head Start
  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act

    blocked discriminatory state laws
  • Welfare Reform

    Welfare Reform

    Gave states more control over welfare (public assistance programs)