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Confederation Government Problems
- Debt
- Confederation Government
borrowed money from
states and private citizens
to fund the Revolutionary
War
- the US was no longer a
part of the British
Empire
- no trade, no
access to
New Orleans
- Massachusetts farmers
rebelled, demanding tax
relief and no more
imprisonment for debt
- Shays' Rebellion
- forced Congress to
finally meet and
discuss changes in
1787
- forced Congress to
finally meet and
discuss changes in
1787
- Shays' Rebellion
- no trade, no
access to
New Orleans
- no money to
repay those
debts
- the US was no longer a
part of the British
Empire
- Confederation Government
borrowed money from
states and private citizens
to fund the Revolutionary
War
- Weak Foreign Relations
- British were not
obeying the Treaty of
Paris
- United States could not
enforce the Treaty of
Paris
- British refused to
remove their
soldiers from British
forts in the US after
the war ended
- United States could not
enforce the Treaty of
Paris
- British were not
obeying the Treaty of
Paris
- Weak Military
- the Barbary
Coast pirates
were taking US
ships and sacking
them
- demanded a toll
in exchange for
passage
- US had no
money or
warships
- US had no
money or
warships
- demanded a toll
in exchange for
passage
- the Barbary
Coast pirates
were taking US
ships and sacking
them
- Governing New Territories
- 120,000 people moved
West by 1790 into
territories with no
government or system
- wanted
protection, courts,
access to markets
- Land Ordinance of 1785 -
land survey and sale into
townships of 36 square
miles for national
government income
- became a
model for the
future
- Northwest Ordinance of
1787 - turning territories
into states over three
stages
- 1) a territory with
a governor and
three judges
appointed by
Congress
- 2) when the
population
reached 5,000 free
males, it could
elect a territorial
legislature
- 3) when the population
reached 60,000 free males, it
could submit a constitution
and be granted equal power
to the original 13 states
- 3) when the population
reached 60,000 free males, it
could submit a constitution
and be granted equal power
to the original 13 states
- 2) when the
population
reached 5,000 free
males, it could
elect a territorial
legislature
- 1) a territory with
a governor and
three judges
appointed by
Congress
- became a
model for the
future
- wanted
protection, courts,
access to markets
- 120,000 people moved
West by 1790 into
territories with no
government or system
- Result: Creating the Constitution
- Alexander Hamilton and James
Madison called for a convention,
which was ignored until Shays'
Rebellion
- May 1787 - a
balanced
government was
proposed
- listed powers, not left
up to Congress; two
houses (Senate and
House of
Representatives);
three branches
(legislative,
executive, judicial);
more powers, but
limited
- approved on September 17, 1787
- Delaware, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Georgia,
Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Maryland, South Carolina, and
New Hampshire made the 9 votes
- New York was convinced by the Federalist
Papers, followed by Virginia - Rhode Island
and North Carolina did not ratify until after
the first election
- George Washington is President,
John Adams is Vice President, the
Bill of Rights is written
- George Washington is President,
John Adams is Vice President, the
Bill of Rights is written
- New York was convinced by the Federalist
Papers, followed by Virginia - Rhode Island
and North Carolina did not ratify until after
the first election
- Delaware, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Georgia,
Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Maryland, South Carolina, and
New Hampshire made the 9 votes
- approved on September 17, 1787
- listed powers, not left
up to Congress; two
houses (Senate and
House of
Representatives);
three branches
(legislative,
executive, judicial);
more powers, but
limited
- May 1787 - a
balanced
government was
proposed
- Alexander Hamilton and James
Madison called for a convention,
which was ignored until Shays'
Rebellion
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