WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO AUGUST 1787
Find out what all happened March to August 1787

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

The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery. (13. July 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)

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

Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (6. August 1787)