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Articles of Confederation adopted
The Articles of Confederalations was the United States first plan of government it gave most of the power to the states and left a weak central government -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris in 1783 gave the United States all of the land from Atlantiv west to the Mississippi River -
Shay's Rebellion
Dainel Shay's and hundreds of farmers rebelled aginst the Massachusetts high taxes on farm land -
The Constitutional Convemtion
The meeting of 12 states ,delagatesin Philadelphia and Pennsylvania that replaced the Articles of Confederation with a new Constitution -
Virginia Plan
The plan adopted by the Constitutional Convention -
New Jersey Plan
The plan offered by the small states at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that would have given all the states an equal number of representitives in Congress -
Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Oridance was a law of 1783 orginizing the North area Territory for settlement and eventauly statehood -
The Great Compermise
The plan drawn up at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 to form two houses of Congress -
Preamble
The intro to the Constitution -
Signing of the Constitution
The Delagates of the Constitutional Convention all agreed upon and signed the Constitution -
The Constitution Ratified by the First State
Delware was the first state to ratify the Constitution -
Constitution Ratified bu one more State
New Hampshire was the eighth state to ratify the Constitution -
Debate over Bill of Rights
This debate was over protecting citezins rights must be part of the Constitution -
Four More States Ratified the Constitution
Pennsylvania,New Jersey, Georgia, and Conneticiut ratify the Constitution -
First President of the United States
George Washington was choosen to be the first United States President -
First President was Sworn in or Inagurated
George Washington was inaugerated on a balcony at New York city -
The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution
The Bill of Rights are the firt ten admendments to the Constitution They were wrighten to protect the rights of citizens -
Supreme Court Granted Certain Right
The Supreme Court can put a stop to any law passed by Congress or signed by the president that it decides is not allowed by the Constitution -
Constitution Ratified by the Eighth sSate
Rhode Island ratifys the Constitution
