New Republic

The year of the Louisiana Purchase

• 1776

• 1803

• 1812

• 1787

The "supreme law of the land", the rules we have for our country today

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Federalist Papers

The Constitutional Convention was held this year...

• 1776

• 1803

• 1812

• 1787

The document which told European Powers to "Keep Out!" of the Western Hemisphere.

• Monroe Doctrine

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Federalist Papers

Father of Our Country

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• Sam Adams

Father of the Declaration of Independence

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• Sam Adams

Father of the Constitution

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• Sam Adams

The "most dangerous man in the colonies." Got things stirred up between American Colonists and Great Britain.

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• Sam Adams

A series of essays defending the Constitution.

• Monroe Doctrine

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Federalist Papers

Established the procedure for becoming a new state, and provided for equal status of new states.

• Northwest Ordinance

• The Great Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

• Federalist Papers