CHAPTER 7SECTION 1

A MORE PERFECT UNION

WE WON!!!!!!!!!

NOW WHAT?

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

JOHN DICKINSON

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

1777 WRITTEN 1781 RATIFIED (ADOPTED, OK’d) WANTED SMALL CENTRAL GOV’T STATES KEEP MOST OF THE POWER BASICALLY USED DURING, AND JUST

AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

ALLOWED COULD NOT

DEAL WITH OTHER COUNTRIES

HAVE A MILITARY BORROW MONEY ISSUE (MAKE) MONEY

CONTROL TRADE FORCE PEOPLE TO

JOIN THE ARMY ISSUE TAXES

VOTING PROCESS

9/13 VOTES NEEDED TO PASS LAWS HAD TO HAVE ALL 13 VOTES TO GET

CHANGES MADE TO THE ARTICLES

ONE STATE, ONE VOTE

EVERYONE GOT ONE VOTE NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL

DELAWARE & RHODE ISLAND= TO MASSACHUSETTS OR VIRGINIA

WHAT TO DO WITH NEW LAND

NO MORE PROCLAMATION OF 1763

PEOPLE MOVING WEST

ORDINANCE OF 1785NORTH OF OHIO RIVER EAST OF

MISS.

DIVIDED INTO TOWNSHIPS

36 SQUARE MILES 6X6

EACH HAD 36 “SECTIONS” 1X1

1 SQUARE MILE AT A TIME SOLD AT AUCTIONS

Indiana Townships/Counties

NORTHWEST ORDINANCENORTH OF OHIO RIVER EAST OF MISS.

1787 SAME AREA, MORE

DETAILS AREA DIVIDED INTO 3-5

TERRITORIES (WINDS UP BEING 5)

60,000 PEOPLE= CAN PETITION FOR STATEHOOD

SAME RIGHTS AS STATES NO SLAVERY IN THE

NEW LANDS

PROBLEMS

MONEY OTHER NATIONS

MONEY PROBLEMS

CONGRESS AND STATES STILL MAKING MONEY

WORTH NOTHING CONGRESS CAN’T ISSUE TAXES

ROBERT MORRIS

WANTS TO PUT A 5% TAX ON IMPORTED GOODS TO MAKE MONEY FOR THE NATION

ARTICLES COULDN’T BE CHANGED TO ALLOW TAXES

RHODE ISLAND KILLED IT

BRITAIN

DIDN’T LEAVE FORTS IN THE “WEST”

KEPT US OUT OF THE CARIBBEAN (TRADE)

WOULDN’T TALK TO US TO NEGOTIATE

CONGRESS COULDN’T “MAKE” DEBTORS PAY THE BRITISH

SPAIN CONTROLLED FL &

LA TERRITORY CLOSED THE LOWER

MISSISSIPPI R. 1784 KEEP AMERICANS

FROM WEST AGREEMENT

REACHED SOUTH SHOT IT

DOWN (DIDN’T INCLUDE TRADE ON THE RIVER)