Prg. 3: 1774 - First Continental Congress Meets in Philadelphia; 1776 - Declaration of Independence; 1786 - Shay's Rebellion Shows the Need for a New Constitution; 1787 - The United States Constitution is Written; 1788 - Congress Sends 12 Amendments to the States; 1789 - Alexander Hamilton Shapes America's Modern Industrial Economy; 1791 - States Ratify Madison's Bill of Rights. Prg. 4: 1793 - Congress Enacts a Fugitive Slave Act; 1794 - Congress Passes the 11th Amendment Protecting States' Rights; 1794 - Freedom to Protest is Tested in the Whiskey Rebellion; 1796 - John Adams Becomes the Second President of United States Inaugurating the Two-party System and is Responsible for the 12th Amendment; 1798 - Alien and Sedition Acts Usher in a Bleak Period of American Political Freedom; 1803 - John Marshall Establishes a Strong Supreme Court through Marbury v. Madison.