Documents in Year 1787                     

Links of Interest:

• America's Founding Primary Source Documents:

The U.S. Constitution was written in the summer of 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by delegates from 12 states, in order to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new form of government. It created a federal system with a national government composed of three separated powers (Executive, Judicial, Legislative), and included both reserved and concurrent powers of states. See the Federalist Papers, which James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay wrote to convince the colonies to sign the Constitution. It took until 1790 for all 13 colonies to accept The Constitution.

• Statehood

  Delaware (1 of 50 States) Admitted 7 December 1787

Pennsylvania (2 of 50 States) Admitted 12 December 1787

New Jersey (3 of 50 States) Admitted 18 December 1787

• Westward Expansion / American Frontier

Daniel Boone is one of the negotiators for the Limestone Treaty when Indian prisoners were traded for white prisoners.

My Father, Daniel Boone: The Draper Interviews with Nathan Boone

This free ebook preview provides a major portion of an interview of Nathan Boone, the youngest son of frontiersman, Daniel Boone. He and his wife recollect interesting stories they knew about his father's exploits on the American frontier. (see page 81)