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Magna Carta inspired the U.S. to write the Constitution.
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The British Parliment passed their own Bill of Rights, that helped inspire our Constitution.
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After the Revolutionary war, the U.S. was having a hard time with major debt. Then most states had a hard time paying off war debts and collecting taxes.
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Final ratification of the Articles of Confederation were made. The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation.
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The U.S. had faced many problems with Britain after the Treaty of Paris. The British later closed many ports to the U.S.
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Spain closes the lower Mississippi to U.S. trading.
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Shays' rebellion was an uprising in Massachusetts, led by Daniel Shays. This uprising made attention be focused on the Articles of Confederation, and how they needed to be reevaluated.
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Signing of the Constitution.
