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The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy‚ enforced their refusal to fall under the authority of Great Britain‚ and founded the new‚ independent United States of America. After the revolution‚ America face three challenges: the country hand no real government‚ no financial system‚ and no foreign friend. The first task was to develop a real government
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years leading up to the war were equivalent to the net exports of the 4 years after the war‚ which were the first years of the Articles (Document B). With this being said‚ The Northwest ordinance of 1787 was one of the most fiscally sound choices made by this experimental government. It called for selling of the old northwest lands to private citizens‚ as to pay off the 35 million dollars collectively owed to France and Holland. Most European countries were also greatly against the United States’
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Political‚ social and economic relationships for the American people were created after the American Revolution. Many types of relationships were formed when the Articles of Confederation were composed‚ which lead to other events. The Articles of Confederation were written to establish a government. Much of the power was in the state government’s hands. Therefore‚ the central government had limited power and was weaker‚ as most people wanted. Though it caused many economical issues. An effect of
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The Ordinance of 1785 arranged for the division of the western territory into seven ranges townships‚ completed by surveyors representing each state‚ under the supervision of the geographer of the United States. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 also became a fundamental document in American history. The purpose was to determine the nature of government and to provide it
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This new document was the first attempt at a centralized national government‚ effective in solving few problems that arose in America. The articles successfully put an end to the Revolutionary War in 1783 with the Treaty of Paris. Two separate land ordinances were passed to settle the dispute over western lands under this indenture. Most importantly‚ it served as a superb example of what to change when drafting the U.S. Constitution. Therefore‚ the Articles of Confederation were effective in less than
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Chapter 10 Inventing a Country American Constitutions‚ 1781–1789 MAJOR THEME: Americans had to invent their country and a sense of nationhood from scratch. The country went through a tentative period under the Articles of Confederation before the Constitution was written. chapter objectives: 1. To examine the government under the Articles of Confederation. 2. To examine the status of slaves and women. 3. To understand the threats to the future of the country under the Articles of Confederation
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Civil War HIS/115 July 24‚ 2011 Civil War 1787 – Northwest Ordinance * Included provisions that outlawed slavery throughout the territory by congress * Created social and economic tension between the North and the South Aug 1846 – Wilmot Proviso * Proviso to prevent the introduction of slavery and all African Americans in any territory acquired from Mexico * Considered to be one of the first actions/events to lead to secession and the Civil War 1846 – The Mexican War
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slavery complicated the debate of annexing new states to the union. The number of Free states and slave states were then equal to fifteen states each. The Northwest Ordinance prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territories. In 1817‚ when Missouri applied to the Union as a slave state‚ the issue of anti slavery vs. pro slavery came up. The Ordinance was broken‚ and the balance between slave and free states will be gone. By Missouri’s entrance to the union‚ there were more slave states than free states
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British to vacate America. Congress was able to end the war this way because of their right to make treaties. The Northwest Ordinance was another policy-making success‚ which allowed for America to slowly grow in land and population for the future. Using its exclusive right to organize and sell the unsettled territory located West of the Appalachians‚ Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance‚ which gave Congress authority over the region‚ and set parameters as to when and how inhabitants of the region
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