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Richard Henry Lee
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Jefferson, at the request of the committee, drafts a declaration
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Congress declares independence when British fleets arrive at New York
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John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, dispatches legislatures
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Pensylvania Post prints out first newspaper of Declaration of Independence
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The first public reading of the Declaration is in Philadelphia.
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Washington orders that the Declaration of Independence be read before the American army in New York
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Delegates begin to sign the Declaration of Independence
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The Constitutional Convention
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Articles of Confederation
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Annapolis Convention
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Virginia Plan
Tha plan adopted by the Constitutional Convention in 1787, that established 3 branches of the federal government. -
New Jersey Plan
The plan offerd by the small state's at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that would have given all the states an equal number of representatives in congress. -
Constitution is ratified
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Bill of Rights
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Abolition of Slavery
It was the 13th Amendment of the Constitution
