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George Washington adresses officers in a moving speech about the Newburgh Conspiracy.
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Britain acknowledges America's freedom and independence.
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The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War and declared the United States as free from Britain.
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Depression due to large expenses of the American Revolutionary War.
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Land Ordinance of 1784 called for the land in the recently created United States of America west of the Appalachian Mountains, north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River to be divided into separate states.
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Helped establish basis for public education and the Public Surveying system.
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Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays led a group of rebels (called Shaysites) in rising up first against Massachusetts' courts, and later in marching on the United States' Federal Armory at Springfield.
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Convention where delegates from five states came together to discuss the trade barriers that they had built.
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The ordinance created the Northwest Territory, the first organized territory of the United States, from lands beyond the Appalachian Mountains, between British Canada and the Great Lakes to the north and the Ohio River to the south.
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The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.
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Written by John Jay or "Publius". It is the last of four essays by Jay discussing the protection of the United States from dangerous foreign influence, especially military force.
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Written by James Madison. No. 10 addresses the question of how to guard against "factions", or groups of citizens, with interests contrary to the rights of others or the interests of the whole community.
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11 states ratified the Consitution at first, with the rest following a year later. It was ratified in each state by election as outlined in the Constitution.
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New Hampshire is 9th state to ratify Constitution, which officially puts it into effect.
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The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two houses.
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The Congress of the Confederation, or the Confederation Congress, formally referred to as the "United States in Congress Assembled", was the governing body of the United States of America that existed from March 1, 1781, to March 4, 1789.
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Washington was elected unaminously by the Electoral College and received 100% of votes.
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A period of radical social and political upheaval in France from 1789 to 1799 that profoundly affected French and modern history, marking the decline of powerful monarchies and churches and the rise of democracy and nationalism.
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First time the Supreme Court convened.
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Rhode Island ratified the Constitution late and only by two votes.
