George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and other important colonial leaders wrote the Constitution of the United States of American in 1787. The Constitution is the government document that said that the new government was a democracy, a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people .” George Washington became the first president, and John Adams was his vice-president.
The USA grew larger by buying land from other countries and by winning land in wars. In the north,cities grew quickly,and trade and business made many people rich. In the south, there were lots of big farms, and farming made many people rich there. Between 1793 and 1861, over eight hundred thousand slaves were sent from the northern states to the south to work on farms.