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when the first continental congress met they met secretly to stay hidden from british officials
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when they met for the second time, they proposed the idea for a central government called the Articles of Confederation
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The Articles of Confederation was the first but weakest form of central government in U.S. history
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Shay's Rebellion lasted from Aug, 29, 1786 to sometime in Febuary of 1787 and showed how weak the Articles of Confederation really were
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these two plans gave ideas of what they wanted the new constitution to be like
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this put the ideas of the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan together putting the pro's of each plan together
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Deleware became the first state to ratify the new constitution out of the nine that were needed
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Rhode Island became the last state to ratify the constitution and they now put the constitution to action