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Ordinances of the Continental Congress

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Great Seal of the United States of America

national seal of the United States of America

Treaty of Paris (1783)

agreement ending the American Revolutionary War

Articles of Confederation

first constitution of the United States (1781–1789)

Northwest Ordinance

American legislation creating Northwest Territory

Treaty of Alliance

1778 defense pact between France and the United States

Olive Branch Petition

written to George III by the Second Continental Congress to avoid a full-on war between the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain

Bank of North America

first chartered bank in the United States (established in 1781), and served as the country's first de facto central bank

Land Ordinance of 1785

United States law on western land and surveying

Treaty of Amity and Commerce

1778 treaty between the United States and France

Treaty of Fort Pitt

1778 treaty between the United States and Lenape

Treaty of Hopewell

three treaties between the U.S. and Native Americans signed at the South Carolina plantation

Land Ordinance of 1784

articles-of-Confederation-era United States law (predating the Constitution)

Moroccan–American Treaty of Friendship

1786 treaty between Morocco and the United States

Fidelity Medallion