The Confederation Era

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The Confederation Era

• The Articles of Confederation were too weak to
  govern the nation after the war ended

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Key Vocabulary

• Wilderness Road
• Republic
• Articles of Confederation
• Land Ordinance of 1785
• Northwest Territory
• Northwest Ordinance
• Shayss Rebellion

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I am here for the Horse Race

• The Wilderness Road was the main road into
  Kentucky
• Kentucky was rich in natural resources and had
  few Native Americans
• By 1790 100,000 settlers had moved to Kentucky
  and further west

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Going publicagain

• After the war, people wanted to keep the
  governments that ran the colonies
• Some state governments turned to democracy and
  separate branches of government
• Some States created a bill of rights for their
  government patterned after the English Bill of
  Rights
• All state Governments Became republics with a
  representative form of Government

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A True Article

• The continental congress looked to set up a
  national government after the war
• Debates about representation and control of the
  western Appalachian territory divided the
  congress
• The Articles of Confederation created a weak
  national government run by a confederation
  congress where each state had one vote
• The Government could wage war, make peace, sign
  treaties and issue money

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I smell a RATifying

• The states controlled taxes and controlled the
  land around the Appalachian mountains
• The Articles were passed in 1777 but smaller
  states would not ratify them
• Smaller states were at a disadvantage because
  they could not use the Appalachian territory to
  settle war debts
• After the Appalachian issue was settled the
  Articles of Confederation gave the United States
  a National Government

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Laws of the Lands

• Land Ordinance of 1785
• Divided land into 6 square mile townships
• The lands would be known as the Northwest
  Territory
• NW Territory included Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
  Illinois, Wisconsin, and parts of Minnesota

• Northwest Ordinance
• Described how the NW Territory would be governed
  and Self-governed
• When a territory had 5000 men they could create a
  government selected by men who owned 50 acres of
  land
• When a Territory had 60,000 men they could become
  a state

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More Laws of the Land

• NW Ordinance set laws for settlers rights and
  outlawed slavery in the territory
• Rivers in the Territory were free to navigate and
  freedom of religion and trial by jury were
  guaranteed
• The NW Ordinance set the United States up for
  Orderly controlled growth

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Volunteer Amries??

• The confederation Congress could not govern all
  the post-revolutionary problems in the country
• After the war The government was in debt and
  could not pay the soldiers of the war
• In Pennsylvania, Soldiers stormed the state
  congress forcing its members to flee

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State of Confusion

• The confederation congress was shown to be
  extremely weak
• The National Congress could not pay the soldiers
  because states did not contribute taxes
• People in Individual states also became upset
  with the weak governments in the states

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MOREMOREMORE

• High Taxes in Massachusetts forced many farmers
  into debt
• People in debt had property auctioned off or were
  jailed
• When farmers were refused Debt Relief they
  rebelled against the Government
• When the 1,500 rebels stormed the state arsenal,
  900 soldiers fought them off
• Shayss Rebellion was unsuccessful but forced the
  national Government to change to prevent future
  rebellions

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