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The Articles of Confederation was the first plan of government that left the central government weak and gave most of the power to the states.
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In 1783 the Treaty of Paris gave the USA most of the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi.
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Shay's Rebellion was when Daniel Shays organized over a thousand farmers to protest against Massachusetts high taxes on farmland.
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The Constitutional Convention was a convention in which 55 delegates worked out what would go in the Constitution.
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The Virginia Plan was a plan that said that the central government should have three branches; the legislative, executive, and judicial.
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The New Jersey Plan stated that no matter the population, all states should have the same number of representatives.
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The Northwest Ordinance was a law that set out a plan for new territories to become states.
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The Great Compromise was a plan in which the congress was split into two houses; the House of Representatives, and the senate.
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The Preamble is the introduction to the Constitution that showed that the people held the power in the country-that is a democracy, it is also a democratic republic.
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On September 18, 1787, all of the delegates from the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution.
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On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the Constitution.
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By January 9, 1788, four states-Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut-had ratified the Constitution.
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In 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution.
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In 1788, a debate over protecting citizen's rights slowed down the ratification of the Constitution
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George Washington was chosen to be the first U.S. president.
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Washington was sworn in on a balcony at Federal Hall in New York City.
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In 1790, Rhode Island was the last state to ratify the Constitution.
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THe Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the Constitution, written to protect the rights of the citizens.
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In 1803 the Supreme Court earned the right to put a stop to any law passed by Congress or signed by the President that is not allowed by the Constitution.
