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Magna Carta (1215)
The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)
Articles of Confederation (March 1, 1787)
Constitution of the United States (1791)
- Bill of Rights (Amendments # 1 - 10)
- Amendments to the Constitution (Amendments # 11 - 27)
- Reconstruction Amendments (1865 - 1870)

The Naturalization Act (1795)
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)
Worcester v. Georgia (1831)
Declaration of Rights, Women's Rights Convention (1848)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
Fugitive Slave Act (1851)
Dred Scott Decision (1857)
The Morrill Act (1862)
The Homestead Act (1862)
Civil Rights Act (1875)
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Dawes Severalty Act (1887)
Interstate Commerce Act (1887)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)
Northern Securities Company v. United States (1904)
Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
Indian Citizenship Act (1924)
Gong Lum v. Rice (1927)
Atlantic Charter (1941)
Executive Order 8802, Ban on Discrmination (1941)
Executive Order 9066 (1942)
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Roe v. Wade (1973)

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