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Declaration of independence
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Articles of COnfederation endorsed by the Continental Congress and submitted to the colonies for ratification
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Articles of confederation officially "in force" after retification by the colonies
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Treaty of Paris is signed by Great Britain and the United States, ending the Revolutionary War. Senate ratifies in 1784
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Land Ordinance of 1785 passed by Congress provides for rectangulr survey dividing northwestern territories into townships, which are in turn divided into lots of 640 acres each, with one lot set aside for ublic education
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Ordinance of Reliious Freedom adopted by Virginia legislatue written by Thomas Jefferson, this staute would later become the model for the first amendment to the consitution
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Daniel Shays lead a rebellion of 1200 men in an attack against federal arsenal in Springfield, Massachusetts an important incident in flencing the creation of a new constitution
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Constitutional convention assembles in Philadelphia
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