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The Articles of Confederation was the United States plan of governement, it gave most of the power to the states and left a weak central government
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It gave the United States most of the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippt River.
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Daniel Shay and hundreds of farmers rebelled against the Massachusets high taxasion farmland.
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It opened in Independence Hall with the meeting of twelve states' delegates in Philadelphia.
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It said that the central government should have three Branches or parts.
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It gave all states the same amount of representatives.
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It was one of the important laws that passed to organize the territory for settlement and eventual statehood.
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It was the new congress that would have two seperate houses.
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The introduction to the Constitution.
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The delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution of the United States.
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Deleware becomes the first state to ratify the Constitution.
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Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut ratify the Constitution.
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New Hampshire ratified the document and now the Constitution was law.
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This debate was over protecting citizens rights. The delegates felt the rights must be part of the Constitution.
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George Washington was chosen to be the first President of the United States.
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George Washington was inaugurated on a balcony in New York City.
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Rhode Island was the last state to ratify.
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The Bill of Rights are the first 10 Amendments, written to protect the rights of citizens.
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The head of the Judicial Branches of the Federal Government.