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Articles of Confederation
The first constitution of the United States. -
Articles of Confederation
The first constitution of the United States -
Shays' Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Massachusetts during 1786 and 1787. -
Shays' Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Massachusetts during 1786 and 1787. -
Constitutional Convention
Delegates from five states called for a Constitutional Convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation. -
Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. -
A Great Compromise
The framers had made several important decisions about the Senate’s structure. They turned aside a proposal to have the House of Representatives elect senators from lists submitted by the individual state legislatures and agreed that those legislatures should elect their own senators. -
A Great Compromise
Over the Fourth of July holiday, delegates worked out a compromise plan that sidetracked Franklin’s proposal.So on July 23, the convention adopted the Great Compromise. -
Constitutional Convention
Delegates from five states called for a Constitutional Convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation. -
The Federalist papers
The Federalist papers were never repealed. -
Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers consist of eighty-five letters written to newspapers to urge ratification of the U.S. Constitution. -
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers consist of eighty-five letters written to newspapers to urge ratification of the U.S. Constitution. -
US Constitution adoption
The drafting of the Constitution began on May 25, 1787, when the Constitutional Convention met for the first time with a quorum at the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation, and ended on September 17, 1787, the day the Constitution drafted by the convention's delegates to replace the Articles of Confederation -
Bill of Rights
These 12 were approved on September 25, 1789 and sent to the states for ratification. The 10 amendments that are now known as the Bill of Rights were ratified on December 15, 1791, thus becoming a part of the Constitution.
