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Articles of confederation adopted
The art of conf. was the first plan of government fot the U.S. It left the central government weak and gave most of the power to the states -
Treaty of Paris
Gave the U.S.A. most of the land from the atlantic ocean to the mississippi river -
Shays rebellion
Oganized over a thousand farmers to protest against taxes -
The constituional convention
A meeting that James Madison had a new plan of government that he had worked out -
Virgina plan
The plan adopted by constitutional convention in 1787 that established 3 branches of the fedral gevernment -
New Jersey plan
It gave all the states the same number of representatives -
Northwest ordinance
A law passed saying that new territories could become states -
The great comprimise
Congres would have two seprate houses (the house of representatives and the house of the senate) -
Preamble
The inteduction to the constitution -
The signing of the constitution
It let the colonies be free and independant -
The constitution ratified the by the first state
Deleware becomes the first state to ratify the constitution -
4 more states ratify the constitution
The four states were Pennsylvania,New Jersey, Georgia,Connecticut ratified the constitution -
Constitution ratified by 1 more state
New Hapshire ratified the constitution -
Debate over the bill of rights
this debate was over protecting the citizens rights delagates felt that these rights must be part of the constitution -
First president of the U.S. was elected
George Washington was chosen to be the first U.S. president -
First president was sworn in or inugurated
Washington was sworn in on a balcony at Fedral hall in New York city -
Constitution ratified by the 8th state
Rhode Island ratifies the constitution -
The bill of rights was added to the constitution
The bill of rights are the first 10 amendments to the constitution the were written to protect the rights of people -
Supreme court granted certain right
Means they can stop anything that any other law that a branch makes signed the president but they didnt have the right till 1803