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The Articles of Confederationwas the first US plan of goverment which gave most of the power to the states and left a weak central goverment.
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The Treaty of Paris gave most of the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.
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Daniel Shay and hundreds of farmers rebelled against Massachusetts high taxes on farmland.
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The Constitutional Convention was a body of delegates that made compromises to make laws.
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The Virginia plan written by James Madison that wanted three branches of goverment.
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The New Jersey Plan presented by the small states wanted each state to have a equal amount of representatives.
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The Northwest Ordinance was a law of 1787 organizing the Northwest Territory for settlement and eventual statehood.
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Roger Sherman came up with the Great Compromise so the small states got equal amount of Senate members and the large states got population to determine the amount of representatives.
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The Preamble was an introduction to the Constitution that said people had the power and the goverment would be a democracy.
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The signing of the Constituion was important because the delegates all agreed and signed the Constitution which seperates the goverments.
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Deleware becomes the first state to ratify the Constitution.
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Delaware becomes first state to ratify the Constitution.
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Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia,and Connecticut ratify the Constitution.
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New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution.
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This debate was over protecting citizens rights delegates felt the rights must be a part of the Constitution
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George Washington was ce to be the first US president.
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George Washington was inaugurated on a balcony at New York City.
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Rhode Island ratifies the Contution.
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The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the Constitution, they were written to protect the rights of citizens.
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The Supreme Court must agree that a law is Constitutional for that law to be passed.
