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The adoption of the Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first plan of goverment for the United States that gave the states more power and left the central goverment weak. -
Treaty of Paris
Gave the United States most of the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River. -
Shay's Rebellion
Danieal Shays, a Massachusetts farmer oginizes over a thosand farmers to protest the high taxes on farm land. -
The Constitutinal Convetion
The Constitutinal Convetion was the meeting of the 12 states' delagates in Philidelphia,Pennsylvania, that replaced the Articals of confederation with the Constitution. -
The Virginia Plan
The plan ,adopted by the Constitutinal Convetion of 1787 that established three branches of goverment. -
The New Jersey Plan
The New Jersey plan was offered by the small states at the Constitutinal Convetion of 1787 that would have given all the states an equal number of representitives and senotors in congress. -
Northwest Ordinance
This law set out a plan for territories to become states. -
The Great Comprimise
The plan drawn up at the Constitutinal Convetion of 1787 to form two houses of congress. -
The Preamble
The preamble is the introduction of the Constitution. They wrote it to show people held the power in this contry, it was a democracy. -
The signing of the Constitution
The delagates of the Constitutional Convetion all agreed upon and sign the Constitution. -
The first state to ratify the Constitution
Delawarebecame the first state to ratify the Constitution. -
Debate over The Bill of Rights
The debate over the Bill of Rights was over protcting citizens rights, delagates felt these rights must be a part of the Constitution. -
Four more states ratify the Constitution
Four more states ratified the Constitution they were Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia and Conecticut. -
Constitution ratified by one more state
New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution. -
First President of the Unite States was elected
George Washingtonwas chosen to be the first President of the United States. -
First President was sworn in
Washington walked out onto a balcony in New York city at federal hall. He placed his left hand on an open bible and took the Presidents oath of office. -
Constitution ratified by the final state
Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution. -
The Bill of Rights is added to the Constitution
The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the Constitution. They were written to protect the rights of the citizens. -
The right granted for the Suprime Courrt
The right that the Suprime Court got in 1803 said the could put a stop to any law passed if it is not allowed by the Constitution.
