Civics Timeline

By HudsonF
  • Shot heard around the world

    Shot heard around the world

    The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.
  • Treaty of paris

    Treaty of paris

    Official end of the Revolutionary War
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    The Constitutional Convention

    Delegates met in Philadelphia to try to revise the Articles of Confederation into a more effective government. Delegates decided to discard the Articles of Confederation and start over to create a stronger Federal Government.
  • U.S. Constitution Signed

    U.S. Constitution Signed

    The signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787 by 55 delegates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after weeks of planning, negotiations, and compromise.
  • U.S. Constitution Ratified

    U.S. Constitution Ratified

    The U.S. Constitution is approved by 9 states and therefore became the law of the land
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    Articles of Confederation

    The United States' first constitution which created a single-house Congress with limited authority. Provided a weak Federal Government .
  • Terrorist Attacks on the U.S.

    Terrorist Attacks on the U.S.

    19 terrorists from the extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. The coordinated attacks killed 2,977 people and caused billions of dollars in damage.
  • My Birthday

    My Birthday

    Hudson Henry Forsberg was born on August 31st, 2012, in a hospital in Minnesota. Hudson Henry Forsberg was born a month before expected! His poor parents.......
  • Hurricane Isaac

    Hurricane Isaac

    Hurricane Isaac caused devastation and fatalities in Louisiana. I was born that day into the forsberg family. I have an older brother who is 15. And my parents were both 34 years old.
  • Graduation

    Graduation

    I know you could do it, Huddy Buddy!