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congress adopts Articles of Confederation
they were later put into effect the next year, because states took longer to ratify the document -
Land Ordanince of 1785
Land was being surveyed and divided into neat grids -
1786
Shay's Rebellion tried to ask Washington to lead the "overthrowing of the Government -
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The Philadelphia Convention
A meeting that threw out the Articles of of Confederation and adopt a new Constitution. -
Congress approves 12 amendments
The amendments were based on the ideas of James Madison.