Slaves for example in the north as shown in “An Ordinance for the Government the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio” had been freed but in most other parts of the country they were still enslaved. This was a problem that was not addressed right away because it could tear the infant country apart‚ which it did almost
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the south’s over-reliance on the cotton trade‚saw this discussion as an attack on their way of living and an attack on their influence in government. In addition to the Constitution‚ The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 further increased the tensions between the north and the south as the new states in the Northwest Territory were not to have slavery at all. This upset the south because they would be losing influence in Congress because slave states would be in the minority. The Legislative branch further
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After many long and hard years of constant fighting‚ turmoil‚ and endless bloodshed‚ the thirteen colonies finally separated itself from England. The country of America now had a new problem at hand‚ setting up an effective government that would be much better than the oppressive rule of the British. The first step‚ of course‚ is setting up a constitution. The Articles of Confederation‚ ratified in 1781‚ was the first constitution of America. The Articles of Confederation was strong in that it gave
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One of the most significant events in United States history was the American Revolution. However‚ the significance of the event did not lay in the number of casualties or in Revolutionary wartime strategies. The importance of the Revolution lay in its effects of American Society. This landmark in American history has caused important changes to the government‚ affected vast and deep social changes‚ and altered the economic state of the newborn nation in the years of 1775 to 1800. From the American
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in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803‚ covered an expanse of land just north of the Ohio River and just west of the Mississippi (these rivers joined in the southeastern corner of the territory). According to the terms of the Ordinance of 1787‚ which prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory‚ the Missouri Territory was designated a free territory‚ but many of the settlers had brought their slaves with them when they settled the area and were determined to enter the Union as a slave state. With the
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were still hanging on to their slaves. Many Americans begun to move west taking with them their slaves. Congress banned slave owners from taking slaves north of the Ohio River however that failed. This is important because as a result of the failed ordinance‚ whites in the South got a free ticket to extend slavery into a region where farming would flourish. The ninth important topic is the resettlement of the African American Loyalists. In 1783 after England and the United States signed the Treaty of
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John Adams- 2nd President. Served one term‚ From Mass. Federalist. His political views were very influenced by James Harrington’s Oceana that was published in 1656 and outlined a model republic with an elected executive chosen by property owners. Adams became the leading American advocate of the principal “balanced government‚” arguing that the upper houses of the American legislature were the natural home for people of wealth and status. Adams was fiercely independent. Hated political parties
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Articles of Confederation is the document that set forth the terms under which the original thirteen states agreed to participate in a centralized form of government‚ in addition to their self-rule‚ and that was in effect from March 1‚ 1781‚ to March 4‚ 1789‚ prior to the adoption of the Constitution. As the first official document that defined the United States government‚ the Articles of Confederation both reflected the ideals and philosophies of the American Revolution and highlighted the practical
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of political debates in the year 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln challenged Douglas in a campaign for one of Illinois’ two United States Senate seats. Lincoln did lose the election‚ but arguably these debates are what led him to his presidency. There are three aspects of these debates that I would like to cover here and they are the causes‚ contents‚ and results. Stephen A. Douglas was a member of Congress
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DBQ #1: Using your knowledge of the time period and documents provided‚ analyze colonial policies toward Native Americans‚ and discuss the impact of these policies on the relationship between the tribes and the new nation. Even though the American expanders had been dealing with the native Indians for western expansion many years‚ the difficulties were at their worst between the years of 1750-1800. The British‚ first settlers in the New World since the Indians‚ wanted to expand their nation
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