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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta signed
The first document to challende the authority of the King of England -
Mayflower compact signed
the mayflower compact was the first governing compact of plymouth colony -
Formation of the New England Confederation
An alliance between the New England colonies -
Albany plan of union announced
It was an early attempt at forming a union of the colonies "under one government as far as might be necessary for defense and other general important purposes -
Congress meets for the first time
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Articles of Confederation signed
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Newburgh Conspiracy
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Treaty of Paris signed
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Spain closes Mississippi River
by closing the mouth of the Mississippi River, which western farmers needed to transport their goods to market, It hoped to lure the farmers away from America and join Spainish North America. -
Land Ordinance of 1785
the immediate goal of the ordinance was to raise money through the sale of land in the largely unmapped territory west of the original states acquired at the 1783 -
Shays Rebellion
Protesters, including many war veterans, shut down county courts in the later months of 1786 to stop the judicial hearings for tax and debt collection -
Annapolis convention
an Assembly of the Counties of Maryland that functioned as the colony's revolutionary government from 1774 to 1776 -
Constitutional convention opens
55 delegates from the several states met to frame a Constitution for a federal republic -
Ordinance of Religous Freedom
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Northwest Ordinance
Was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States. -
The Great compromise agreed to
was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. -
Anti-federalist articles appear
was written in opposition to the ratification of the 1787 US constitution -
Constitution sent to the states for ratification
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Federalist papers appear
Are a series of 85 articles or essays promoting the ratification of the US constitution. Written by; Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay -
Delaware Ratifies
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Massachusetts ratifies constitution
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New Hampshire ratifies constitution
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George Washington elected president
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BIll of rights sent to the states for Ratification
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Bill of rights ratified