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Artical of Condeferation
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Surrender of Yorktown
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Treaty of Paris
The End of the American Revolution -
Mt. Vernon Conference
Meeting of Maryland, Virgina delegates, the conference preceded the Annapolis Convention of the following year and was a precursor of the 1787 Philadelphia Convention that saw the drafting of the United States Constitution. -
Shay's Rebellion
Armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts (mainly Springfield) from 1786 to 1787 -
Annapolis Convention
Meeting of 12 delegates from five states (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia) that unanimously called for a constitutional convention. -
Constitutional Convention
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Northwest Ordinance
Creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States out of the region south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River. -
Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey ratify the constitution
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Washington's Presidency
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Constitution goes into effect
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Judiciary Act of 1789
