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Constitution
Members met in Philadelphia PA to strengthen the federal government. The new constitution replaced the old article of confederation. -
Pennsylvania State constitution is written
The convention superseded the old government completely, established a Council of Safety to rule in the interim, and drew up the commonwealthWith its writing coinciding with the Declaration of Independence and the first years of the revolution, the document is considered one of the most democratic constitutions of all time. -
Treaty of Paris Is Signed
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War. Details included fishing rights and restoration of property and prisoners of war. -
Bill of Rights
The bill of Rights was approved. The U.S government passes a tax on whiskey. -
Whiskey Rebellion
The whiskey rebellion and fries rebellion shook Pennsylvania’s ideas of the government. A group of men who called themselves the whiskey boys, attacked tax collectors. -
Political Parties
It featured two national parties competing for control of the presidency, Congress, and the states: the Federalist Party, created largely by Alexander Hamilton, and the rival Jeffersonian Democratic-Republican Party, formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, usually called at the time the Republican Party. -
Fries Rebellion
German Americans of eastern Pennsylvania rose to protest another direct tax. When undeclared war broke out between U.S and France. -
The war of 1812
The treaty of Paris had ended the revolutionary war between United States and Great Britain. British soldiers often stopped U.S ships and seized there cargos. -
Battle of Lake Erie
The war was fought in only two places in Pennsylvania. The British blocked Philadelphia and kept people and goods from moving in and out of the ports -
The Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815 between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson.On this day in 1815, Major General Andrew Jackson led a small, poorly equipped army to victory against 8,000 British troops at the Battle of New Orleans.
