The purpose of the steam boat was as a freight service. This helped the spread of the new ideas and led to a wider market‚ which accelerated change even more. It was 14 meters long and was invented in 1787 by John Fitch in the United States. John was born in 1743 in Connecticut. He did not receive a lot of educatuíon‚ because of the fact that his family ran a farm‚ which stopped him from studying. He started inventing‚ after he ran away from the farm‚ to learn about clockmaking. This led
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westward settlement past the Appalachian Mountains. The Revolutionary War then opened the door to new civilizations free of the British Empires’ tyranny. Indians were infuriated and wanted to defend their land. Congress created a plan‚ the Ordinance of 1787‚ to initiate westward settlement. The disposition affirmed that sixteen states would be added when went into play. The Ohio River Valley was then settled‚ and became the dividing line between the slaves states and free states. After this major step
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Chapter 9 The Confederation and the Constitution 1776-1790 The Pursuit of Equality The Continental Army officers formed an exclusive hereditary order called the Society of the Cincinnati. Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom- created in 1786 by Thomas Jefferson and his co-reformers; stated that religion should not be imposed on anybody and that each person decided his/her own faith. The Philadelphia Quakers in 1775 founded the first anti-slavery society. The 1st Continental Congress called
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required a lot of work before it was signed. It had to address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution had to address the complaints that were in the Declaration of Independence. Then it had to make a decision on the Great Compromise. The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution had some similarities. They were both official documents of the United States. They both were laws of the United States. The difference is that the Articles had flaws that needed to be fixed
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the preservation of the undissolvable Union. When the Constitution was framed in 1787‚ the founding fathers were concerned about leaving Britain and becoming a Union‚ as opposed to the issue of slavery that would later prevail. Henry Clay created the Compromise of 1850‚ which helped solve the problem of slavery in the territories (Document A). This was not included in the Constitut . . . When the Missouri Compromise was ruled unconstitutional under the Dred Scott decision‚ the due process clause
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held in 1787. It was during the Constitutional Convention that a resolution was adopted that “a national judiciary be established” (Neubauer & Fradella‚ 2008‚ p. 65). Of course‚ there was considerable disagreement between federalists and anti-federalists. The disagreement surrounded the fact the anti-federalists feared that individual liberties could be weakened. According to Neubauer and Fradella (2008)‚ the conflict between federalists and anti-federalists was resolved by the compromise in the
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contain a bill of rights. It was important to the people that they had a solid form of protection that covered basic liberties including freedom of speech and trial by jury. The Federalist needed the support of the Anti-Federalist and considered it a compromise by adding the bill of right if the antifederalist voted for the constitution. The bill of right was added in
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Leading to War How did the civil war come to be? We can go back to as far as 1492. There were many seemingly unconnected events that led to the start of the civil war. Including the introduction africans to america‚ their introduction to slavery‚ and the moral conflict surrounding the issue. In 1492 Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas. When the news was brought back people began their journey to the new found Americas. Soon British colonies settled in Jamestown Massachusetts
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The Constitution is a document that establishes America’s national government and grants rights to citizens. The first document that established a structure for the national government was the Articles of Confederation which granted no power to the federal government. This document was proven ineffective because not enough power was granted to the federal government. The Constitution took its place as the framework for the United States and has been in effect ever since. Regardless of personal opinions
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Abolition of Slavery in America in the 1800’s Slavery is act in which a person or persons is sold‚ traded and forced to work against their will. The slaves are treated as property and not seen or viewed as people with human rights. Slavery was popular in England and the idea followed our settlers over seas and was incorporated into the American life. As time passed‚ some people began to see the inhumane side of slavery and wanted it to be completely abolished in the United States. Even 100+ years
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