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The Constitutional Convention
at this meeting it was decided that the best solution to the young country's problems was to set aside the Articles of Confederation and write a new constitution. George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention. The delegates, or...
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U.S. Constitution: 1789
had its own constitution. After the war ended, the states joined together to set up a Federal Government under the Articles of Confederation. The Articles turned out to be a weak system of government and this needed to be changed. The Writing of the...
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States and Dates of Ratification
became the ninth state to accept the Constitution on June 21, 1788, which officially ended government under the Articles of Confederation. It was not until May 29, 1790, that the last state, Rhode Island, finally ratified the Constitution. The states...
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The Constitutional Convention
during this meeting it was decided that the best solution to the young country's problems was to set aside the Articles of Confederation and create a new system. George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention. The delegates, or...
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About the Gettysburg Address
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address begins with the words, “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” Lincoln's statement...
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