CHAPTER 2 SECTION 3 PART 2

VOCABULARY

• Confederation-a group of individuals who come together for a common purpose
• Ratified-approved
• Amend-change

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IMPORTANT DATES

• 1777 congress made the ariticles of confederation
• 1781 13 states ratified Articles of Confederation
• 1783 Treaty of Paris signed with Great Britain
• 1786-1787 riots broke out in several states
• 1787 12 states sent delegates to a meeting in Philidelphia

SHAYS'S RIOT

• Riot against high taxes
• 1,200 Massachusetts farmers on a federal arsenal
• Happened after government threatened to take away his farm
• It sent a wake up call tothe rest of the country