When James Robb was born about 1786, in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph Robb, was 25 and his mother, Rachel Rebecca Elizabeth McCLELLAND, was 24.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Robb(e), a pet form of Robert . See also Robbie .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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