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The Pa government meet in Philadelphia to write their own constitution. Robert Morris, and Benjamin Franklin were the leaders of this is convention.
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The purpose of the Articles was to create a union among the states that gave most of the power in the government to the states themselves. No laws could be passed under the Articles, if less than 9 states vote yes on a law it could not pass
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The Paris Peace Treaty is part of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War. Benjamin Franklin was the ambassador who took the treaty to the king of England
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Members met in Philadelphia,Pa to strengthen the federal government. The new constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation
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In the spring of 1787. Representatives from 12 states gathered in Independence Hall in Philadelphia. They trashed the Articles of Confederation and made the U.S Constitution
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The German Americans of eastern Pennsylvania rose to another direct tax. This time the tax was on houses, land and slaves
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After 13 years a new Constitutional convention met in Philadelphia and wrote the state’s second constitution. They constitution divided the government into 3 branches. The executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch
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They taxed the Americans on a common drink throughout the U.S, Whiskey. The many Americans rebelled against the excise tax and caused riots throughout the U.S
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After the Paris Peace Treaty had been officially signed. The British ships harassed the U.S ships carrying goods.
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Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry was in charge of the naval forces on Lake Erie. Perry had defeated the British navy in the lake
