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America's first national constitution. The document established a confederation (an associaton of independence).
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The land would be surveyed and divided into a neat grid of townships, each 6 miles square.
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A taxe payers revolt. Daniel Shays led a larger group of angry framers to break into the military where hundreds of guns were stolen.
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Delegates form 12 states attended to the Constitutional Convention.
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They did not trust the government so they wanted to spell out some basic rights in the Constitution to make sure those rights would be protected. no date
