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  Pennsylvania,New Jersey,Georgia,and Conneticut ratify the Constitution.
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  This debate was over protecting citizens rights, delegates felt these rights must be a part of the Constitution.
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  The meeting of 12 states delegates in Philadelphia,Pennyslvania that replaced the articles.
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  The plan adopted by the Constitutional Convection in 1787 that established 3 branches of the federal government.
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  The plan offered by the small states at the Constitutional Convection of 1787 that would have given all states an equal number of representatives in congress.
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  The Northwest Ordiance was a law passed saying that new territories could become states.
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  The plan drawn up at the Constitutional Convection in 1787 to form 2 houses of congress.
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  Daniel Shay,a Massachusettes farmer,organized over 1,000 farmers to protest against high taxes on farmland.
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  The introduction to the Constitution.
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  The Treaty of Paris gave the United States most of the land from the Atlantic Ocean west to Mississippi River.
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  The delegates of the Constitutional Convection all agreed upon and signed the constitution.
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  The Articles of Confederation was the first plan of Government for the United States,gave states more power and left the centeral Government weak.
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  Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the Constitution.
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  New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution.
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  George Washington was chosen to be the first United States president.
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  George Washington was sworn in on a balconey at Federal Hall in New York.
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  Rhode Island ratified the Constitution.
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  The Bill of Rights are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.They were written to protect the rights of the citizens.
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  The head of the judicial branch of the federal government. It is the highest court in the country.