after the war problems notes
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After the War Problems NOTES. Problem #1 Need some sort of central government One government to tie all the new states together. Problem #2 What to do with the new land west of the Appalachians? (OH, IN. IL, MN, WI) George Rogers Clark won it for us - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
After the War ProblemsNOTES
• Problem #1– Need some sort of central government
• One government to tie all the new states together.
• Problem #2– What to do with the new land west of the
Appalachians? (OH, IN. IL, MN, WI)– George Rogers Clark won it for us– British gave it to us in the Treaty of Paris 1783
The Articles of Confederation
notesDuring this time, the states had
more power than the federal or
(national) government
What would our new government need to do?
notes• Protect
– Property and freedoms– Against foreign countries/natives– Right to vote– Religious rights– Common welfare
• Get states to work together
• Protect states rights
Ideas for the Articles Came From…(no notes just listen)
• Magna Carta (1215) which made the king subject to the law
• English Bill of Rights (1689) which declared Parliament supreme
• Enlightenment thinkers– John Locke – Franklin
A document called the Virginia Statute for Religious
Freedom was written by Thomas
Jefferson in 1779
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Right to Vote!(NOTES)
• Is called suffrage (vocabulary word)
• In most states…
– If you paid taxes you could vote
– Land owners held public offices
Articles of ConfederationNOTES
Problem #1 solved for now• Second Continental Congress
created a new system of government
• Congress was a single branch of government but had limited powers in order to protect the liberties of the people.
• Each state had Each state had one one vote in Congress.
The state governments had the most power, but now Congress could
(NOTES)• Borrow and coin their own money• Conduct foreign affairs• Settle disputes between states
• Ask for military recruits from each state – state could refuse
• Ask states to collect money from taxes – states could refuse
NOTESIn 1781, all states agree to enter the
Confederation
The problem was it was too weak
Problem #2 SolvedNorthwest Territory Plan
(NOTES)• Congress …
–Decided what to do with the newly gained western lands.
–They sell it to raise money to pay its war debt.
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787 notes
• Established the Northwest Territory – Il, IN, MI, OH, MN, WI
• System for bringing new states into the union.
• Population reached 60,000 = apply to be a state.
• No slavery was allowed