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-all western lands were given away to the Articles of Confederation...
-land Ordinance of 1785.. created a system of townships which provided for the orderly sale and settlement of land in the Northwestern territory. Created a system that said what and where stories could be.. funds from the sale of one section of land to be designed for schools in the area..
- North West Ordinances of 1787..
Set the rules for creating new states..
creates 3-5 new territory in NW
Population of 60,000 may petition for statehold.. population of 5,000 May elect assembly and right state constitution
Bill of Rights provided
Slavery outlawed (1st time as a nation) south got a deal that nothing about slavery comes back up in Congress for the next 20 years. The very 1st year after the 20 years the slave trade (from Africa) was banned.

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- does not have 3 branches of government; only 1 branch... there was no separation of power; everything was controlled by one thing...
- if each state had one vote; the power is absolute in one body... limits separation of power... weakness is that large states are under represented and small states were over represented...
-it was harder to pass laws and get amendments . It’s not open to change or flexibility... made it almost impossible to make changes. Lack of flexibility
- could not levy direct taxes , could only ask states for contributions
-no army - had to rely on state militias for defense
-could not regulate interstate and foreign trade
-could not levy tariffs on import and exports
-get 9 states to agree to a law and all 13 to amend the Articles
-13 different currencys ...

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-Treaty of Paris of 1783
- ending of French and Indian War
- Britain would recognize the existence of the U.S as independent
- Mississippi River was the western boundary
- Americans pay debts owed to British merchants and honor loyalists claims for property confiscated.
-Brisish are still in Ohio
- Was not an absolute win ; was a negotiation
-unity - it kept the country together until a stronger government was established ... we don’t want another strong central government... this floated us along until we felt more comfortable about central authority... After the years people will understand that we need a stronger government..
-adjustment of Land Claims - land ordinance of 1785 and the north west ordinance of 1787...
- every state gave western lands to the Articles government..

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unpaid war debts
-financial: most war debts were unpaid and states issued worthless paper money. Congress had to request donations from states to meet national needs. Merchants and farmers want to be compensated for there bonds. They want to be paid back. Meanwhile we owe France millions as well. And they still had to pay the Army..
Foreign: European nations had little respect for a new nation that could neither pay its debts nor take effective and united action in a crisis. Britain and Spain were threatening to take advantage.
-Domestic: states were squabbling with each other over the thirteen different currencies; erecting trade berries; and unable to suppress popular protests.
-“Newburgh Conspiracy” : 1783 : Treaty of Paris which ended the Revolutionary War ... British still had troops in NY.. so the continual army were in Newburg ... they don’t have any money and they want to go home.. so some of the colonists conspired .. (rumer but is real) so there plan was to elect a new leader and march the army to Philadelphia to demand there money.. George Washington here these rumers “ my eyes are weary from years of service ..”
• debt .. we owe money to Britian .
And the French .
-Summer of 1786 in Massachusetts: Shay’s rebellion..
farmers from the western portion led by Captian Daniel Shay ,.. uprising was over high state taxes, imprisonment for debt, and lack of paper money .. lack on institutional response to uprising...
-confederation congress was unable to prevent and appeared helpless and ineffective... alarmed many nationalist and spurred call for meeting to reform the Articles.

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•Who created it : John Dickinson.
~he was a Quaker
~he missed the day of the continental army
~olive branch petition
Articles or confederation... from 1781-1788
-consisted of only a Confederation Congress
- Each state had only one vote
- laws passed by 2/3rds majority and amendments had to be unanimous
- Confederation : lose association of states... 13 independence little countries. Gov. Has no authority .... yes gov is collective but real power is in the states..

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- declare war and make peace
- borrow money
- establish a postal system
- manage Indian affairs
-settle disputes between states