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| During the Critical Period what kind of government was in place? |
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| The constitutional congress was the representation for the the thirteen sovereign states. Each state was called upon to draft it's own Constitution. These Constitutions normally included a bill of rights and required annual elections for representatives. |
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| How was America doing economically during the Critical Period? |
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| America was suffering from a depression. There were many debts from the American Revolution. There were also no national currency. |
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| How did America help themselves economically during this time of duress? |
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| They seized land from Loyalist, cut it up and then sold it. Economic democracy came before political democracy |
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| What was Britain doing to disrupt America during the Critical Period? |
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| They continued to impose the navigation laws. They encouraged Native Americans to attack settlements. They were angry that America did not give property back to loyalist. |
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| What was Spain doing to disrupt America during the Critical Period? |
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| They closed down the mouth of the Mississippi in 1784. The most affected were settlers in Kentucky and Tennessee who relied on that port. They also encouraged Native Americans to attack settlers. |
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| It ensured trade with Spain for the North East which angered southerns who were dependent on the goods. The North easterners did not want the southerners to succeed because it meant less dense a population and a shrinking real-estate market. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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Definition
Ratified in 1781
It took a long time to ratify because NY and VA had huge amounts of land that extended westward. However, there were many states that complained they would not have acquired so much land had it not been for their assistance in the war. Eventually NY and VA gave up the land and Congress promised they would make new states out of it. |
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| Weaknesses of Articles of Confederation |
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Definition
-Could not tax effectively
-States put tariffs on goods from other states
-Only one congress no legislative or executive branches.
-Each state had a single disproportionate vote |
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| Northwest regions were split into 36 sections of 1sq mile. The sixteenth of which was devoted to public education. |
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| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
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| After acquiring 60,000 people a region could contest for state-hood. It also got rid of slavery in the North-west. |
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| what were the three major concepts that James Madison instilled in the constitution |
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National Government should be stronger than the states
Separation of powers
Extended republic |
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| Larger states should have political advantage in the bicameral Congress |
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| Wanted equal representation in a unicameral congress. |
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Representation by population in the House of Representatives
Equal representation in the Senate |
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