. History and government of Pennsylvania. A supplement to Elementary American history and government by James Albert Woodburn and Thomas Francis Moran . e in Philadelphia the British were living in comfortable houseswith plenty of food. InJune, 1778, Clinton, whohad succeeded Howe, leftPhiladelphia for NewYork and, except for oc-casional raids, Pennsyl-vania was thereafter freefrom the British. The Constitutional Con-vention. When the Arti-cles of Confederation werefound to be inadequate, delegates from five states, includingPennsylvania, met at Annapolis to determine, if possible, onamendment
. History and government of Pennsylvania. A supplement to Elementary American history and government by James Albert Woodburn and Thomas Francis Moran . e in Philadelphia the British were living in comfortable houseswith plenty of food. InJune, 1778, Clinton, whohad succeeded Howe, leftPhiladelphia for NewYork and, except for oc-casional raids, Pennsyl-vania was thereafter freefrom the British. The Constitutional Con-vention. When the Arti-cles of Confederation werefound to be inadequate, delegates from five states, includingPennsylvania, met at Annapolis to determine, if possible, onamendments. It was found that the desired changes would beso radical that the meeting recoimiiended that a conventionbe called to be held in Philadelphia in May, 1787. For fourmonths the convention worked, and in September, 1787, thenew constitution was presented to the states for was the second state to ratify it, Delaware beingfirst. A sufficient number of states having acceded to it, theconstitution went into effect in 1789. After the establishmentof the new government, Philadelphia was the capital for tenyears, from 1790 to Washingtons Headquarters atValley Forge HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA 27 The Whisky Rebellion. The new government, in order tosecure revenue, had placed a tax on whisky. Settlers in thewestern part of Pennsylvania looked upon the tax as beingunjust and opposed it. Washington called out the troops andmany of the rioters were arrested, thus ending the trouble. A similar difficulty was the so-called Fries Rebellion whicharose from the unposition of a tax on windows. This riot wassoon put down. Fries was tried for treason, and convicted,but was pardoned by President Adams. Pennsylvania Democratic. During the second administrationof Washington the citizens of Pennsylvania opposed some of thefederalist legislation, such as the Excise Law, the Alien andSedition Laws, and the Jay Treaty. As a result Pennsylvaniabecame Democratic. Jef
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