-
Articles of confederation
ArticleThe Articles of confederation was a arangment between the thirteen sstates. And after a little bit of time the continental concidered to draft the Constitution. In the articles of confederation each state was a sovereign which was kind of like self goverment on each diffrent state. -
Second Contenental congress
congressThe congress had worked with foregin polices such as france and germany. Also they had severed all ties to Great Britain. And this in a way was the begining of the US Congress. -
Declaration of Independece Drafted
On June 11 congress recessed for three weeks. During this time from the committee of five drafted the declaration of independence. And later on July 1 1789 Congress reconvened it. -
News papers
The Federalist news papers provided some background and justification for. The Constitution and most states agreed to ratify the new idea. And the people wanted to be able to add new rights as changes came. -
Richard Henrey Lee
Richard Henrey Lee a delegate from Virginia read a resolution before the Contenental Congress. That these United Colonies are and are right ought to be free. And independent states that they absolved from all alligence to the British Crown. -
Virginia Plan
The Federalists put forth the Viginia plan, a consolidated. A goverment baed on proportionsl representation. Among the states based on population. -
Treaty of Paris
The british refused to withdraw their troops from the forts. and trading posts in the new nations Northwest territory. As the people had agreed to do in the treaty of paris of 1783. -
Shays Rebellion
MassachusettsThe Massachusetts legislature was one of the five . Againt paper money because it imposed a tightly limeted currency and high taxes. and in Shays rebellion they tried to shut own tax colletors and shut down the courts. -
Land of Ordanance
In the land ordinace of 1785 people were appointed by congress to settle. West of the Applation mountains and they imigrants would be granted. Citzenship and after a long enough of a stay people would get statehood. -
Constitutional convention
Twelve states legeslatures came to one commity exept for rhode island. each one had a delegate that had come to the meeting so that. they would have a say in what was happening in the nation and debated on the costitution with a fundemental new design. -
New Jersey Plan
A very federal proposal based on providing. eac h individual state with equal representation. So all the staates would be on fair ground becasue not every state was very big. -
New goverment
The first congress was assembled on march fourth seventeen eighty nine. And later thise congress would go through many. Things like slavery cases and religius cases had been worked on by the congress. -
Amendaments
BillThe Bill of Rights was made up of ten diffrent rights given to the american people. and with these amendemnts there was a new kind of change people. Were told there rights like the right to express your religion or freedom of speech. -
Connecticut Compromise
The Connecticut comprmise allowed the declaration of independence to be sent to. Congress to be drafted so that the group would reveiw it and. Try to improve upon it to meet the standards that every one was up holding. -
congress before constitution
The Constitution was drafted to the Confederate Congress. It in turn forwarded the constitution as drafted to the states for. ratification and the constitutional method propsed.
