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1 Peace of Paris The Peace of Paris, or Treaty of Paris, was signed on February 10, 1763, by the Kingdom of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. The Peace of Paris ended the Revolutionary war. The delegates from America met In Paris because Britain was eager to end the war. It was decided that America would become an independent nation. On April 15, 1783 congress voted to ratify the Treaty of Paris.

2 Northwest Ordinance of 1787 The Northwest Ordinance was adopted July 13, 1787, by the Second Continental Congress. The Northwest Ordinance established the Northwest territory of the united states and served as a temporary Constitution for the territory until its residents could create new American states. The Ordinance extended self-government to the future states of the Northwest territory through three stages of territorial government, Guaranteed it residents certain civil liberties, encouraged the establishment of schools and the means of education, and outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude in the territory and its future states. The Primary effect of the Ordinance was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States out of the region around the Great Lakes north and west of the Ohio River. The Ordinance was also known as the freedom Ordinance.

3 Shays’ Rebellion Shays’ Rebellion was an armed uprising in western Massachusetts from 1786 to 1787. The rebellion started on August 29, 1786. The rebels, led by Daniel Shays were mostly small farmers angered by crushing debt and taxes. A Massachusetts militia that had been raised as a private army defeated the main Shay site force on February 3, 1787. Many small farmers were forced to sell their land. Shays and many of the leaders escaped to Vermont, where they were sheltered by Ethan Allen. Shays himself was sentenced to death for treason but he and many other leaders were pardoned by the newly-elected Massachusetts governor John Hancock.

4 Preamble The Preamble is an introductory statement, a preliminary explanation. The Preamble is not a source of power for any department of the Federal Government. The Supreme Court has cited the preamble to consider the history, in tent and meaning of various clauses elsewhere in the Constitution.

5 Constitutional Convention The Constitutional Convention took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, to address problems in the government of the United States following independence from Great Britain. The Constitutional Convention is also known as the Philadelphia Convention or the Federal Convention. James Madison was one of the principal writer of the Virginia Plan. This plan was considered the unofficial “agenda” for the Convention. William Paterson, thought that if too much power was given to government, than the larger states could swallow up the smaller states and take over the House. Then the smaller states would have little influence in future issues in the country. The New Jersey plan was largely a response to the Virginia plan. Paterson reported the plan to the Convention on June 15, 1787. It included, that the current Congress was maintained, but granted new powers. The Convention is one of the founding events in the history of the United States. ==]]] ==]]]]