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We Have Not a Government: The Articles of Confederation and the Road to the Constitution. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226480503. Williams, Frederick D. (2012). The Northwest Ordinance: Essays on its Formulation, Provisions, and Legacy. East Lansing, Mich.: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87013-969-7.
The drafting of the Constitution of the United States began on May 25, 1787, when the Constitutional Convention met for the first time with a quorum at the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to revise the Articles of Confederation.
The first article of the new constitution established a name for the new federation – the United States of America. [ 5 ] The first draft of the Articles of Confederation, written by John Dickinson , was presented to Congress on July 12, 1776, but Congress did not send the proposed constitution to the states until November 1777.
Shays' Rebellion, August 29, 1786 – May 25, 1787; The Philadelphia Convention writes a new Constitution of the United States, May 25 – September 17, 1787; The Congress of the Confederation organizes the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, July 13, 1787; The State of Delaware becomes the 1st state to ratify the Constitution, December 7, 1787
May 14 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates begin arriving to write a new Constitution for the United States.; May 25 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates begin to convene a Constitutional Convention intended to amend the Articles of Confederation.
The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787. [1] Although the convention was intended to revise the league of states and first system of government under the Articles of Confederation, [2] the intention from the outset of many of its proponents, chief among them James Madison of Virginia and Alexander Hamilton of New York, was to create a new ...
Preamble through Article V of the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation were proposed by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, and they were ratified on March 1, 1781. It replaced the administrative boards and appellate courts that Congress had created during the early stages of the Revolutionary War.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 December 2024. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...