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Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation, 1777–1781. The Articles of Confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America. On September 3, 1783, there treaty ended the American Revolutionary War. -
Constitution
Members met in Philadelphia PA to strengthen the federal government. The new constitution replaced the articles of confederation. -
Constitutional convention
The Constitutional Convention took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed.Although the Convention had been officially called to revise the existing Articles of Confederation, many delegates had much bigger plans. -
Bill of Rights
The Federalists opposed including a bill of rights on the ground that it was unnecessary. ... The American Bill of Rights, inspired by Jefferson and drafted by James Madison, was adopted, and in 1791 the Constitution's first ten amendments became the law of the land. -
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a tax protest in the United States. It began in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. -
Fries Rebellion
German Americans of eastern PA rose to protest another direct tax. After many incidents, the court issued warrants for peoples arrest. -
War of 1812
DescriptionThe War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States and the United Kingdom. In the summer of 1815, the United States signed fifteen treaties with the tribes, guaranteeing their status as of 1811. But it did not return an acre of land. -
Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Both sides signed it on December 24, 1814, in the city of Ghent, United Netherlands (now Belgium). -
Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815 between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson. The reason the war started was due to slow traveling news.
