Transcript 8-1 The Confederation Era

The Confederation Era
The Articles of Confederation were too
weak to govern the nation after the war
ended
Key Vocabulary
Wilderness Road
Republic
Articles of Confederation
Land Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Territory
Northwest Ordinance
Shays’s Rebellion
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The Wilderness Road was the main road into
Kentucky
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Kentucky was rich in natural resources and
had few Native Americans
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By 1790 100,000 settlers had moved to
Kentucky and further west
Going public…again
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After the war, people wanted to keep the governments that
ran the colonies
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Some state governments turned to democracy and separate
branches of government
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Some States created a bill of rights for their government
patterned after the English Bill of Rights
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All state Governments Became republics with a representative
form of Government
A True Article
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The continental congress looked to set up a national
government after the war
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Debates about representation and control of the western
Appalachian territory divided the congress
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The Articles of Confederation created a weak national
government run by a confederation congress where each
state had one vote
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The Government could wage war, make peace, sign treaties
and issue money
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The states controlled taxes and controlled the land around
the Appalachian mountains
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The Articles were passed in 1777 but smaller states would not
ratify them
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Smaller states were at a disadvantage because they could not
use the Appalachian territory to settle war debts
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After the Appalachian issue was settled the Articles of
Confederation gave the United States a National Government
Laws of the Lands
Land Ordinance of 1785
 Divided land into 6 square mile
townships
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Northwest Ordinance
 Described how the NW Territory
would be governed and Selfgoverned
The lands would be known as the
Northwest Territory
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NW Territory included Ohio,
Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,
Wisconsin, and parts of
Minnesota
When a territory had 5000 men
they could create a government
selected by men who owned 50
acres of land
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When a Territory had 60,000 men
they could become a state
More Laws of the Land
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NW Ordinance set laws for settlers rights and
outlawed slavery in the territory
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Rivers in the Territory were free to navigate
and freedom of religion and trial by jury were
guaranteed
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The NW Ordinance set the United States up for
Orderly controlled growth
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The confederation Congress could not govern
all the post-revolutionary problems in the
country
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After the war The government was in debt
and could not pay the soldiers of the war
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In Pennsylvania, Soldiers stormed the state
congress forcing its members to flee
State of Confusion
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The confederation congress was shown to be
extremely weak
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The National Congress could not pay the
soldiers because states did not contribute
taxes
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People in Individual states also became upset
with the weak governments in the states
MORE…MORE…MORE
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High Taxes in Massachusetts forced many farmers into debt
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People in debt had property auctioned off or were jailed
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When farmers were refused Debt Relief they rebelled against
the Government
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When the 1,500 rebels stormed the state arsenal, 900 soldiers
fought them off
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Shays’s Rebellion was unsuccessful but forced the national
Government to change to prevent future rebellions
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