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• The purpose of the convention in Philadelphia was to fix the Articles of Confederation
• George Washington was the only person everyone in America had heard of
• Thomas Jefferson called the men who wrote the Constitution 'demigods'
• The painting 'The Apotheosis of Washington' depicted George Washington becoming a god
• Shays' Rebellion was the breaking point for the Articles of Confederation
• The first Constitution of the United States was called the Articles of Confederation
• The main problem with the Articles of Confederation was that there was no power of taxation
• James Madison was the brilliant strategist who came with a clear plan to fix the government
• George Washington presided over the convention in Philadelphia
• The convention was not authorized to write a new constitution
• The colonists wanted to prevent having a monarchy or any group of people with total power by creating a new government
• In 1776, Thomas Jefferson and 55 other men signed the Declaration of Independence
• George Washington was the presiding officer of the convention
• On the third day of the convention, Edmund Randolph proposed to throw out the Articles of Confederation and write a new Constitution
• The delegates wanted to create a new Constitution because the Articles of Confederation were not working and causing conflict
• James Madison brought a clear plan for a stronger central government to the convention
• George Washington was considered the indispensable person in 1787 because he was famous, trusted, and had the best interests of the country at heart
• Shays' Rebellion and the failure to bind the states together was the breaking point for the Articles of Confederation
• The main problem with the Articles of Confederation was that there was no power of taxation and the national government was flat broke
• The primary purpose of the English colonies in North America was to make money for their sponsors
• The first English settlement in North America was established at Roanoke
• The crop that saved the Jamestown colony was tobacco
• Cecilius Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore, was granted land at the top of the Chesapeake Bay to establish Maryland
• The group of English emigrants that arrived in Plymouth in 1620 were the Pilgrims
• Maryland was known for its policy of religious toleration for all
• James, the Duke of York, was given the territory between New England and Virginia, which became New York
• Pennsylvania was the colony founded by William Penn and became known as 'Penn's Woods'
• Carolina was the colony that had close ties to the English planter colony on Barbados and relied heavily on African slave labor
• The Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783, granting the 13 original colonies independence
• Treaty of Paris signed, granting the 13 original colonies independence


  September 3, 1783
• Purpose of the English colonies in North America

  To make money for their sponsors
• The USA became an independent country at the end of the 18th century.
• The British colonies were known as the Thirteen Colonies.
• The two main reasons for establishing the British colonies were profit and religious persecution.
• The British policy of only dealing with British merchants was called mercantilism.
• The key documents signed during the Revolutionary War were the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the American Constitution.
• The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776.
• Some of the founding fathers of the United States were Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, James Madison, John Jay, and John Adams.
• The purpose of the Articles of Confederation was to establish a weak government to prevent tyranny.
• The US Constitution was drafted on September 17, 1787.