The Constitution of the United States

  • Articles of Confederation Adopted

    Articles of Confederation Adopted

    The Art. of Conf. was the U.S. first plan of govt., it gave more of the power to the states, and left a weak central govt.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    The peace treaty in which Great Britain reconized the United States as a independant country.
  • Shay's Rebellion

    Shay's Rebellion

    Daniel Shays organized over a thousand farmers to protest against taxes on farmland.
  • The Constitutional Convention

    The Constitutional Convention

    The meeting of twelve states' delegates in Phildelphila, Pennsylvania, that replaced the articles of confederation with a new constitution.
  • Virginia Plan

    Virginia Plan

    The plan, adopted by the Constitutional Convention in 1787, that established three branches of the federal goverment.
  • New Jersey Plan

    New Jersey Plan

    The plan offered by the small states at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 that would have given an equal amount of goverment in Congress.
  • Northwest Ordinance

    Northwest Ordinance

    A law of 1787 organizing the norhtwest territory for settlement and evental statehood.
  • The Great Compromise

    The Great Compromise

    The plan drawn up at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 to form houses of Congress.
  • Preamble

    Preamble

    The introduction to the Constitution.
  • Signing of the Constitution

    Signing of the Constitution

    The delegates of the C.C. all agreed upon and the Const. A plan of govt. in the United States it is the supreme law and plan of the National Govt.
  • The Constitution ratified by first state

    The Constitution ratified by first state

    Delaware became the first state to ratify the constitution.
  • Four more states ratified the Constitution

    Four more states ratified the Constitution

    Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Gerogia, and Connecticut ratify the Constitution.
  • Constitution ratified by one more state

    Constitution ratified by one more state

    New Hampshire was the 8th state to ratify the Constitution.
  • Debate over Bill of Rights

    Debate over Bill of Rights

    The debate was over protecting citizens rights, delegates felt the rights must be part of the Constitution.
  • First President of the United States eas elected

    First President of the United States eas elected

    George Washington was choosen to be the first U.S. president.
  • First President was sworn in or inaugurated

    First President was sworn in or inaugurated

    Goerge Washington was inaugurated on a balcony in New York City.
  • Constitution ratified by the 8th and final state

    Constitution ratified by the 8th and final state

    Rhode Island ratified the Constitution.
  • The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution

    The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution

    The Bill of Rights arev the first 10 amendments to the Cont. They were written to protect the rights of citizens.
  • Supreme Court granted certain right

    Supreme Court granted certain right

    The Supreme Court can put a stop to any law passed by Congess or signed by the President that it decicides is not allowed by the Constitution.