The Confederation Era

The Articles of Confederation were too weak to govern the nation after the war ended

Key Vocabulary

Wilderness RoadRepublic

Articles of ConfederationLand Ordinance of 1785

Northwest TerritoryNorthwest Ordinance

Shays’s Rebellion

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The Wilderness Road was the main road into Kentucky

Kentucky was rich in natural resources and had few Native Americans

By 1790 100,000 settlers had moved to Kentucky and further west

Going public…again After the war, people wanted to keep the

governments that ran the colonies

Some state governments turned to democracy and separate branches of government

Some States created a bill of rights for their government patterned after the English Bill of Rights

All state Governments Became republics with a representative form of Government

A True Article The continental congress looked to set up a

national government after the war

Debates about representation and control of the western Appalachian territory divided the congress

The Articles of Confederation created a weak national government run by a confederation congress where each state had one vote

The Government could wage war, make peace, sign treaties and issue money

I smell a RAT…ifying The states controlled taxes and controlled the

land around the Appalachian mountains

The Articles were passed in 1777 but smaller states would not ratify them

Smaller states were at a disadvantage because they could not use the Appalachian territory to settle war debts

After the Appalachian issue was settled the Articles of Confederation gave the United States a National Government

Laws of the LandsLand Ordinance of 1785 Divided land into 6

square mile townships

The lands would be known as the Northwest Territory

NW Territory included Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and parts of Minnesota

Northwest Ordinance Described how the NW

Territory would be governed and Self-governed

When a territory had 5000 men they could create a government selected by men who owned 50 acres of land

When a Territory had 60,000 men they could become a state

More Laws of the Land

NW Ordinance set laws for settlers rights and outlawed slavery in the territory

Rivers in the Territory were free to navigate and freedom of religion and trial by jury were guaranteed

The NW Ordinance set the United States up for Orderly controlled growth

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The confederation Congress could not govern all the post-revolutionary problems in the country

After the war The government was in debt and could not pay the soldiers of the war

In Pennsylvania, Soldiers stormed the state congress forcing its members to flee

State of Confusion

The confederation congress was shown to be extremely weak

The National Congress could not pay the soldiers because states did not contribute taxes

People in Individual states also became upset with the weak governments in the states

MORE…MORE…MORE** High Taxes in Massachusetts forced many

farmers into debt

People in debt had property auctioned off or were jailed

When farmers were refused Debt Relief they rebelled against the Government

When the 1,500 rebels stormed the state arsenal, 900 soldiers fought them off

Shays’s Rebellion was unsuccessful but forced the national Government to change to prevent future rebellions

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