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Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the document that allowed American citizens to have their own rights. It contained many complaints by the citizens toward the king. The document is set up into three parts- the preamble, charges toword King George, and the conclustion. -
Articles of Confederation- endourced by Continental Congress and summited to the colonies for ratification
The Articles of Confederation was a doument that showed the way the government works. Since it involves the governent, the doument is used in congress. Some people call it the "first constitution for America". -
Articles of Confederation oficially "in force" after ratification by the colonies
All thirteen colonies began to confirm the document in this year. The central governemt began to fail once this Article was created and the state governemnt started having more power. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris noticed the independence to Americans. It also ended the Revolutionary war and it was between the U.S. and Great Britain. There were five members but a total of three ran the treaty. The final treaty was signed in 1783 but was ratified in 1784 by the Continental Congress -
Land Ordinance of 1785
The Land Ordinance of 1785 was formed to show how the U.S. would form the land they got from Great Britain. This made this ordinance gave the U.S. land policy rules. Because of this act Western lands had to be sold. -
Religious Freedoms
Thomas Jefferson made an argument about how there should be freedom of religion. He was saying that in the Declaration of Independence it is says “Nature’s God” this gives people their choice of religious belief. -
Shays rebellion
Many American farmers protested during the time of 1786-1787. The protest was lead by Daniel Shay. The farmers protested because they were against the statement enforcement of tax collections. The protest were from New Hampshire all the way to South Carolina, but it was really dramatic in Massachusetts. -
Constitutional Convention
This convention established a federal government that would have more powers. A lot of the leadership fell upon the exclusive and legislative branches. People all across the nation wanted liberty and the delegates understood that so delegates went to the convention. -
Northwest Ordinance
This ordinance made the government create a Northwest territory. Going from the principles from the 1784 Ordinance that was outlined by Thomas Jefferson, authors from the Northwest Ordinance made a plan and that plan was used to expand the country all the way to the Pacific. The Northwestern Ordinance did not only expand the county, but it also supported education as well as an end to slavery. -
The Great Compromise
Roger Sherman had a plan and it was known as the Great Compromise. The plan was to send an equal number of representatives to the Senate. It was all debated by delegates. They did this to decided decided how many representatives each states should have thats what the Compromise became. -
Constitution endorsed by Congress
This took place in Philadelphia. Delegates approved of laboured documnets. The ratification for this served as for foming a new governemt. -
The Federalist Papers
There was a total of 85 letters that went to newspapers, the letters made up “The Federalist Papers”. The ones who wrote the letters were John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. The letters were written to the U.S. Constitution for ratification. A year later, in 1788, the papers became book-form. -
The ninth state to approve for the Constitution
Nine states were needed to approve of the Constitution so it could be ratified. New Hampshire became that ninth state. After New Hampshire approved the Constitution, the Bill of Rights became in existence. When this happened both the Constitution and Bill of Rights went to be ratified -
George Washington becoming president and John Adams being the vice president
George Washington became the president of the U.S. in 1789 with John Adams being the vice president. George was known as being the “father of our country”. He was elected by all of the presidential electors. John Adams ran against him but received less votes but he became vice president. -
War and Treasury Departments are established by Congress, Henry Knox will be Secretary of War, Alexander Hamilton will be Secretary of Treasury.
both of the Departments were created by George Washington during his first couple of months of being in office. One of the reason that Henry Knox became the secretary of war was to show his ability of promoting law and order. Alexander became the secretary of Treasury and he was it for five years. -
The Judiciary Act
The Judiciary Act was officially signed into Congress on Sept. 24 1789. George Washington was the one who signed it in. What this act does is it tells the structure of the federal court. It’s also been amended by Congress a few times throughout the years. -
The Bill of Rights is summited by Congress to the States for ratification
The 10th state to approve 10 out of the 12 amendments was Virgina. This gave the Bill of rights two-thirds of the state ratification. 10 of the amendments were allowed to be ratified only two weren’t ratified until years later. -
Thomas Jefferson is offically named Secretary of State: John Jay is named Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Thomas Jefferson was appointed by George Washington to be Secretary of State for the U.S. He was the very first person to be Secretary of State. George also offered John Jay to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and he accepted. He was confirmed anonymously. -
The Bill of Rights
Three-fourths of the state legislatures ratified the Bill of Rights. It became legal and the law of the land.
