Subjects –
Continental Congress
The Articles of Confederation
November 15, 1777
On this date, the Continental Congress adopted and sent to the state legislatures a plan for the inaugural national government under the Articles of Confederation (approved by the states in March 1781).
The establishment of the Supreme Court
September 17, 1789
On this date the House concluded debate and agreed to establish the Supreme Court as defined by Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution.
The Permanent Seat of Government Act
July 16, 1790
On this date, President George Washington signed into law the Permanent Seat of Government Act, which established the location of the federal city.
Delegate Patrick Henry of Virginia
June 06, 1799
On this date, Patrick Henry, a Virginia Continental Congress delegate and a renowned skeptic of centralized government, died at his Red Hill home near Brookneal in the Old Dominion.