WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JUNE 1787
Find out what all happened February to June 1787

Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia. (13. May 1787)

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides. (14. May 1787)

Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts. (3. February 1787)

Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States. (20. June 1787)

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