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Program 3: Writing the Constitution and the Bill of Rights 1774 - First Continental Congress Meets in Philadelphia
1776 - Declaration of Independence
1786 – Shays’ Rebellion Shows the Need for a New Constitution
1787 - The United States Constitution is Written
1788 - Congress Sends 12 Amendments to the States
1789 - Alexander Hamilton Shapes America's Modern Industrial Economy
1791 - States Ratify Madison’s Bill of Rights Program 4: Testing the Constitution 1793 – Congress Enacts a Fugitive Slave Act
1794 – Congress Passes the 11th Amendment Protecting States Rights
1794 – Freedom to Protest is Tested in the Whiskey Rebellion
1796 – John Adams Becomes the Second President of United States Inaugurating the Two-party System and is Responsible for the 12th Amendment
1798 – Alien and Sedition Acts Usher in a Bleak Period of American Political Freedom
1803 – John Marshall Establishes a Strong Supreme Court Through Marbury v. Madison |
