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A document that stated the 13 american colonies were independent.
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Document that served as united states first constitution
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Was in force after this until 1789, when the comstitution we have now went into effect
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The Treaty of Paris ended the war between US and great britain. It recognized American independence and established borders for the new nation.
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In turn it divided into lots of 640 acres each and one lot set aside for public education. This was under the articles of confederation and effected over three fourths of the united states.
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Ordinance of Reliogious freedon is one of the most important laws that the assembly ever adopted. It concluded a ten-year campaign in Virginia to disestablish the Church of England, The church of england had been the official state church of the colony since the first English settlers arrived in 1607.
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Shays ' Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place in Massachusetts during 1786 and 1787, Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays led a group of rebels in rising up first against Massachusetts' courts, and later in marching on the United States' Federal Armory at Springfield in an unsuccessful attempt to seize and overthrow the government.
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nine states had to ratify the Constitution for it to go into effect.
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in 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention begin to assemble in Philadelphia to talk about a new task that would be approaching. the overthrow of the new American government by the Article of Confederation. the convention was originally supposed to begin on May 14 but James Madison pushed back the meeting until May 25, when more states—Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia attended.
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This provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory. it was for everything north-west of the river ohio.
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this was a two-house legislature. The Connecticut Compromise proposed a solution to the heated debate between larger and smaller states over their representation in the newly proposed Senate.
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These papers are generally considered to be one of the most important contributions to political thought made in America and were published in the New York Press
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On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the document, government under the U.S. Constitution was scheduled to begin on March 4, 1789.
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69 members of Congress cast their ballots to elect George Washington the first president of the United States. Because he was former leader of the Continental Army and chairman of the Continental Congress, Washington possessed the necessary credentials for the presidency,
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Alexander Hamilton & Henry Knox took the oath of office as the first Secretary of the Treasury & war on September 11, 1789. they had served with George Washington's during the Revolution, and was of great importance in the ratification of the Constitution.
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it was one of the first acts of the new Congress to establish a Federal court system through the Judiciary Act signed by President Washington
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the Bill of Rights that were sent for ratification were designed to protect the basic rights of U.S. citizens, guaranteeing the freedom of speech, press, assembly, and exercise of religion; the right to fair legal procedure and to bear arms
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President Washington appointed Thomas Jefferson to be the first Secretary of State under the new Constitution. Author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was one of the leading statesmen of his day and the most famous American political philosopher
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ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures, constitute the first 10 amendments of the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights.
