Articles of Confederation

  • Period: to

    1781-1787

  • Settlers move west

    Many settlers moved west after the revolution
  • Land Ordinance of 1785

    established both the general practices of land surveying
  • Annapolis Convention

    the few state delegates in attendence endorsed a motion that called for all states to meet in Philadelphia
  • Shay's Rebellion

    Shay’s Rebellion involved a group of Massachusetts farmers(deep in debt) under the leadership of Daniel Shays
  • Northwestern Ordinance of 1787

    Noted the agreement of the original states to give up northwestern land claims
  • Grand Convention

    A meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation

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