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1777
when were the Articles of Confederation WRITTEN?
1781
when were the Articles of confederation RATIFIED?
Unitary
National government is more powerful than the state government
Confederacy
State government is more powerful than the national government
Federal
National + state government power is balanced
Selling land out west
how did the US make $$ post-war?
John Adams
US foreign ambassador to Great Britain
Thomas Jefferson
1st US foreign ambassador to France
Whitney Brother job
US foreign ambassador for Spain
what national government could do under Articles of Confederation
declare war, appoint congress to be chief, appoint officers, make/coin $$, discuss issues with Native Americans, postal service,
No judicial or executive, no army, couldn’t tax
weakness of articles of confederation
9
how many of the states must agree to pass a law?
Newburgh Conspiracy
Coup D’etat led by Alexander Hamilton and Horacio Gates against George Washington in 1783
Northwest Ordinance 1787
land ordinance, land west of the Appalachian mountains divided to make new states
No slavery
rule made by Congress for the Northwest Ordinance, led to there being no cash crop farming
Mount Vernon Compact 1785
VA + MD fight over potomac river
individual states negotiate with each country
rule about trade under the Articles of Confederation
Rob Morris
treasurer who attempted to propose a 5% tariff, but Rhode island says no
Annapolis Convention 1786
led by Ben Franklin to edit the Articles of Confederation, but not enough showed up so people were invited to the one next year
Shay’s Rebellion 1787
shows the US that they will fail if the Articles of Confederation are not changed, farmers in Massachusetts rebel against a statewide tax
Philadelphia Convention 1787
55 delegates met in Philadelphia to fix the Articles of confederation
scrapped
was the AoC scrapped or rewritten into the constitution?
important people at the Philadelphia convention
Ben Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison
James Madison
“Father of the Constitution”
Alexander Hamilton
serves in George Washington’s cabinet once he is elected
delaware
first state to ratify the constitution
House of Representatives
legislature that depends on population
senate
each state gets an equal vote (constitution)
Washington’s jobs as president
Interpret constitution, enforce laws, be commander-in-chief, be chief diplomat
New York
1st capital of the united states
Columbia
female representation of the United states
stay neutral
main goal of foreign policy
French Revolution
what else was going on during George Washington’s inauguration
Citizen Genet
french diplomat who wanted US to end neutrality and side with the revolutionaries
Jay’s Treaty
treaty with great britain, negotiated by John Jay
3 rules from Jay’s treaty
no ships over 70 tons in the caribbean
Britain stayed in America in the CA border
GB could still kidnap US sailors and make them work for them
why US switched from rum to whiskey
sugar came from caribbean, but we got cut off so used wheat from whiskey which is grown in US
Pinckney’s Treaty
treaty with spain
3 rules from Pinckney’s treaty
US can use Mississippi River + New Orleans
Border established 31st parallel
US + Spain work together when dealing with Native Americans
Elbridge Gerry, Edmund Randolph, George Mason
Non-signers of the constitution
federalist
Support constitution national government
non-federalist
Preferred Articles or state controlled government
60,000
how many free people needed to make a piece of land a “state”
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