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Congress appoints a committee chaired by John Dickinson to draft the plan of confederation.
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Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence is published to the world.
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The first draft of the Articles of Confederation was presented to the Continental Congress.
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The final version of the Articles of Confederation is adopted by Congress and submitted to the states for ratification.
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The second engrossed copy of the Articles was signed and ratified by the delegates from eight states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South Carolina.
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North Carolina delegates signed the ratification of the Articles of Confederation.
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Georgia delegates signed the ratification of the Articles of Confederation
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Maryland delegates signed the ratification of the Articles of Confederation. The Articles were finally ratified by all thirteen states.
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Delegates from all states except Rhode Island meet in Philadelphia for the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation.
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This serves as a revision of the earlier ordinance and establishes, amongst other things, that slavery is prohibited from the new region.
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The Constitutional Convention sends its draft of the U.S. Constitution to the states for ratification.
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When New Hampshire becomes the 9th of the 13 states to ratify it, the Constitution becomes the law of the land.
