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Articles of Confederation went into effect
America's first national constitution. The document established a confederation (an associaton of independence). -
Land Ordinance of 1785
The land would be surveyed and divided into a neat grid of townships, each 6 miles square. -
Shay's Rebellion
A taxe payers revolt. Daniel Shays led a larger group of angry framers to break into the military where hundreds of guns were stolen. -
Constitutional Convention
Delegates form 12 states attended to the Constitutional Convention. -
Bill of Rights
They did not trust the government so they wanted to spell out some basic rights in the Constitution to make sure those rights would be protected. no date