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The Constituational Convention meets in Pennsylvania, coming to originally revise the Articles of Confederation. They decide to begin writing a new government. No press is allowed to teh Convention.
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Edmund Randolph introduces 15 relsoultions James Madison drafted. This is the first ideas of seperation of power, where three branches of power control government,
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Walliam Paterson propses the Jershey Plan, where each state is represented by more people, the larger their population is. To give smaller states equal representation, Roger Sherman called for a Senate with two senators per state.
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The Constitution is signed by the 33 delegates, and now must be ratified by 9 out of the 13 states.
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The Federalists, who support the Constitution, write multiple essays, rallies, and speechs about the constitution, getting more and more states to ratify it.
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New Hampshire is the 9th state to ratify the Constitution. The UNited States of America is now a representative democracy.
