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Ryan Abudhaileh
9/9/12
The Convention of 1787
America a huge and well united country of fifty states that imports and exports many products to countries everywhere, and boasting one of the best military forces in the world. But let’s take a little step back in time three hundred and twelve years to be exact. Now America didn’t just start off with fifty states it actually began with thirteen states that had their own goals in mind that contradicted the others. Their economy wasn’t doing so well either due to the recent revolution they went through. Sure they won the war against the British and gained their own liberty, but like all things it came with a price and not a very cheap one. War debt was ravaging America at the time because of the weapons and militia that America had bought from France and Spain. This split was quite chaotic with every state specializing in its own thing such as slavery or trading. The same political viewpoints would only be seen in states that were of the same region, and even those had their differences. The larger states attempted to take the initiative by saying representation should be seen population wise while the smaller states would fight for equal representation. Tax was also an issue that was thrown across the board, but America has had terrible experience with it because of their past with the British. The ten years between the 1700s and the 1800s was truly a time of great change for America.
The economy was probably one of America’s greatest issues not because they were poor but because of the weakness that comes with being poor. Sure America had defeated the British the first time around, but what if the British had decided to attack America again. Not only would America be defenseless they would have no allies this time; who would work with a country a second time if they couldn’t even pay off the first deal they made. Unlike America the British were well off financially and had the possibility of launching an attack on
9/9/12
The Convention of 1787
America a huge and well united country of fifty states that imports and exports many products to countries everywhere, and boasting one of the best military forces in the world. But let’s take a little step back in time three hundred and twelve years to be exact. Now America didn’t just start off with fifty states it actually began with thirteen states that had their own goals in mind that contradicted the others. Their economy wasn’t doing so well either due to the recent revolution they went through. Sure they won the war against the British and gained their own liberty, but like all things it came with a price and not a very cheap one. War debt was ravaging America at the time because of the weapons and militia that America had bought from France and Spain. This split was quite chaotic with every state specializing in its own thing such as slavery or trading. The same political viewpoints would only be seen in states that were of the same region, and even those had their differences. The larger states attempted to take the initiative by saying representation should be seen population wise while the smaller states would fight for equal representation. Tax was also an issue that was thrown across the board, but America has had terrible experience with it because of their past with the British. The ten years between the 1700s and the 1800s was truly a time of great change for America.
The economy was probably one of America’s greatest issues not because they were poor but because of the weakness that comes with being poor. Sure America had defeated the British the first time around, but what if the British had decided to attack America again. Not only would America be defenseless they would have no allies this time; who would work with a country a second time if they couldn’t even pay off the first deal they made. Unlike America the British were well off financially and had the possibility of launching an attack on