Part 19 (1/2)

4. These cessions were followed by others from Ma.s.sachusetts and Connecticut; and from them all, Congress formed the public domain to be sold to pay the debt.

5. The sale of this land led to the land ordinance of 1785 and the ordinance of 1787, for the government of the domain and the new political organism called the territory.

6. The defects of the Articles made revision necessary, and produced such distress that two conventions were called to consider the state of the country. That at Annapolis attempted nothing. That at Philadelphia framed the Const.i.tution of the United States.

7. The Const.i.tution was then pa.s.sed to the Continental Congress, which sent it to the legislatures of the states to be by them referred to conventions elected by the people for acceptance or rejection.

8. Eleven having ratified, Congress in 1788 fixed a day in 1789 (which happened to be March 4), when the First Congress under the Const.i.tution was to a.s.semble.

9. The date of the first presidential election was also fixed, and George Was.h.i.+ngton was made our first President.

/1776. New Hamps.h.i.+re, Connecticut, Rhode The Colonies adopt

Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Const.i.tutions and --

Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North become States.

Carolina, South Carolina.

1777. New York, Georgia.

1780. Ma.s.sachusetts.

/Framed by Congress 1776-1777.

Adopted by the states 1777-1781.

Articles of

In force March 1, 1781.

Confederation --

Kind of government.

Defects. Result of the defects.

Trade convention at Annapolis.

Const.i.tutional convention called.

/Proceedings of the convention.

The three compromises.

Const.i.tution of

Sources of the Const.i.tution.

the United States.-

Original features.

Derived features.

Ratification by the states.

The Const.i.tution in force.

/Land claims of seven states.

Demands for the surrender of

the western territory.

The Territories. --

The cessions by the states.

--The Public

Ordinance of 1785.

Domain.