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Mason wrote this for Virginias constitution. This went further in protecting the rights of citizens.
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Thomas Jefferson rode 300 miles from Virginia to attend the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
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this was the first american constitution. But it created a loose alliance of the states.
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Maryland Ratifies the Articles cause they dont like them and eventually the new government went into effect.
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THe states had won its independenc but it did not solve confederation problems.
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More than a thousand farmers attacked court houses and prevented Government from taking farmland,
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Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance. It set up government in NW territory and garanteed rights to settlers and outlawed slavery there.
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The Constitution is finally signed. It expressed the goals of farmers.
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One by one the states ratify the constitution. Pensilvania and New Jersey are one of the last to ratify.