Toward Independence
Colonial America
Continental Congress
The Northwest Ordinances (1784; 1785; 1787)
1787 ordinance passed by the Confederation Congress to govern the territories and admit new states to the Union
Achieving Independence
From Confederation to Constitutional Convention
Debates Within and Without the Colonies
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