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|Constitutional Convention and adoption of the US Constitution | |Constitutional Convention and adoption of the US Constitution | ||
|BIG IDEAS | |BIG IDEAS | ||
* at the end of the Revolutionary War in 1781, the Continental Congress reorganized in order to form a new, independent nation | |||
** they called it the "United States of America" | |||
*** it was a loose "confederation" of the states in order to make common decisions, such as the signing of the peace treaty with Great Britain in 1783 that officially ended the Revolutionary War | |||
*** it was called the "Congress of the Confederation | |||
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|Adoption of the US Constition | |||
|BIG IDEAS | |||
* as the new country developed from 1783-1789, many problems arose, such as | |||
** lack of common (or uniform), national currency (money) | |||
** lack of common laws | |||
** lack of ability for the national government to pay its debts due to inability to tax | |||
** lack of general organization and standardization (rules) for relations between the states | |||
* George Washington recognized these deficiencies and called for a convention (gathering) of states at Annapolis, Maryland in 1786 | |||
** the assembly at Annapolis didn't achieve much, but decided upon calling for another convention the next year at Philadelphia | |||
** the 1787 Constitutional Convention met at Philadelphia and proposed a new form of government among the states | |||
*** called the US Constitution | |||
*** it was proposed to the states, which debated it and voted for or against | |||
*** by 1788, enough states had agreed upon adopting the new Constitution, so the government was set to open in 1791 | |||
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