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John Dickonson completes the Articles of Confederation
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Significant Events
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Articles of Confederation ratified after NY and VI give up claim on Western territory
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Treaty of Paris signed. Revolutionary War ends.
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Congress approves Land Ordinance of 1785, setting down Western land policy.
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Captain Daniel Shay leads farmers in an uprising against high taxes and unpayable debt.
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Annapolis Convention begins and adjournes with little accomplished.
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Shay's Rebellion broken by Massachusetts militia.
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Philidelphia Convention begins.
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Congress passes NW Ordinance of 1787, establishing state creation policy.
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Constitution approved for submission to states.
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Constitution ratified with ninth vote submitted by NH.
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Virginia lends much needed support to the newly ratified Constitution.
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First Congressional session held.
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Washington elected as America's first president.
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Madison aids in the passing of the Bill of Rights