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*Virginia Maryland Land Disputes |
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Disestablishment, Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom |
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In 1786 Statute of Religious Freedom by Thomas Jefferson declares that no man shall be comeplled to frequent or support any religious worship, and that all men shall be free to progress and maintain their opinion in religion, essentially just freedom of religion. |
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New state constitutions (Massachusetts adopted by popular vote) |
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*Northwest Ordinance, 1787 |
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*Articles of Confederation: powers, weaknesses successes |
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Was a constitution for central govt, adopted in 1777, was very loose, weak, but put up basis for some centralized govt, mainly that each colony was its own independent state and would contribute to defending one another + contributing to war effort. |
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