9.7: Chronology
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The following chronology is a list of important dates and events associated with this chapter.
Date |
Event |
1776 | Continental Congress instructed the states to devise state governments; George Mason drafted Virginia’s Declaration of Rights; New Hampshire, South Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina adopted new state constitutions; Connecticut and Rhode Island revised their colonial charters |
1777 | Thomas Jefferson drafted the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom; Georgia and New York adopted new state constitutions |
1778 | South Carolina revised its constitution |
1781 | Massachusetts adopted a constitution; The Articles of Confederation took effect |
1784 | New Hampshire revised its constitution |
1785 | Land Ordinance outlined a plan for surveying and selling government lands |
1786 | Virginia legislature approved the Statute of Religious Freedom |
1786-1787 | Shays’s Rebellion |
1787 | Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia |
1787-1788 | The Federalist Papers were published |
1788 | Confederation government was phased out |
1790 | Pennsylvania revised its constitution; Rhode Island became the last state to ratify the Constitution |