The Constitution

  • Magna Carta Signed
    Jul 15, 1215

    Magna Carta Signed

    The Magna Carta was a document signed in England that promised certain liberties to the English people about their property and other things.
  • Mayflower Compact Signed

    Mayflower Compact Signed

    This was the first document of the New Plymouth county. it was the agreement to board the mayflower in 1620
  • Formation of the New England confederation

    Formation of the New England confederation

    A uited defense created against European countries
  • Albany Plan of Union Announced

    Albany Plan of Union Announced

    This said that the government must be run by a president-general, and should be chosen by a representative of the 7 colonies
  • Articles of Confederation signed

    Articles of Confederation signed

    the document that secured freedom and peave was signed
  • Congress meets for the first time

    Congress meets for the first time

  • Treaty of Paris Signed

    Treaty of Paris Signed

    A treaty that ended the revolution, and recognized that the United States was an independent nation.
  • Newburgh conspiracy

    Newburgh conspiracy

    a conspiracy about many members of the army not recieving pay
  • Spain closes Mississippi river

    Spain closes Mississippi river

    Spain closed the Mississppi river to Americans in the west who depnded on it for shipping
  • Land Ordinance of 1785

    Land Ordinance of 1785

    Used to seperate northern non-slave states from southern slave states
  • Shays Rebellion

    Shays Rebellion

    Many Massachusetts citizens rebelled against the government
  • Annapolis Convention

    Annapolis Convention

    the convention where they decided that they would make a constitution convetion
  • Northwest Ordinance of 1787

    Northwest Ordinance of 1787

    Creation of the Northwest territory, it was the first organized territory in the United States.
  • Constituitional Convention Opens

    the constitutional convention begins
  • The Great Compromise agreed too

    The Great Compromise agreed too

    Where they decided on two houses of congress, senate and the state of representatitves
  • Constitution sent to the states for ratification

    Constitution sent to the states for ratification

    The constitution was sent out for varification
  • Deleware Ratifies

    Deleware Ratifies

    Deleware varifies constitution
  • Massachusetts ratifies consitution

    Massachusetts ratifies consitution

    Masachusetts varifies consitution
  • New Hampshire ratifies

    New Hampshire ratifies

    New hampshire ratifies the constitution
  • George Washington Elected President

    George Washington Elected President

    george washington was elected president by the representatives
  • Federalist Papers

    Federalist Papers

    People For the constitution
  • Anti-Federalist artciles appear

    Anti-Federalist artciles appear

    Opposing the adoption of the constitution
  • Bill of rights sent to the states for ratification

    Bill of rights sent to the states for ratification

    Bill of rights was sent out for approval by the states
  • Bil of rights ratified

    Bil of rights ratified

    the bill of rights was officially approved