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Student Name: Catherine DiCara Teacher: Welch Assignment: Unit 2 Portfolio (Timeline) {July 4, 1776}- The Declaration of Independence was signed, announcing the separation of the colonies from Great Britain { September 3, 1783}- End of American Revolution. This saw the end of hostilities between the United States and Great Britain, gaining the United States its independence. {December 15, 1791}- Bill of Rights Ratified, a set of rights that would be the right of every US citizen. {March 14, 1793}- Cotton Gin invented, by Eli Whitney, {August 4, 1804}- Expedition of Lewis and Clark. President Jefferson sent them to explore the Wester Territories. {July 19, 1848}- First Women’s Rights Convention held. This was to some degree the inaugural battle that women had in order to gain the rights they hold today. {April 12, 1861}- Start of the Civil War. North against South, brother against brother. {January 1, 1863}- Emancipation Proclamation, gave freedom to slaves. …show more content…

1791}- Ratification of Bill of Rights There where orginally 12 Amendments proposed, 10 of those rights where ratified on December 15, 1791 and became the Bill of Rights. These rights defined the rights of the citizens as they related to the newly formed government under the constitution. (www.ourdocuments.gov) There was a belief by some at the time the Bill of Rights was being discussed that having the constitution as it was would lay the way for the government to take over; some feared a violation, such as they had been subjected to by the British. The First Congress of the United States, in 1789 proposed to state legislatures 12 amendments to the constitution that where the most frequently discussed issues. So only Articles 3 through 12 where ratified in 1791, by three fourths of the state legislatures. These are what we now know as the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution. (www.ourdocuments.gov) Summary #2- {March 14, 1793}- Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin

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