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The Articles of Confederation, reflecting republican fears of both centralized power and excessive popular influence, leads to conflicts among the states that threaten the existence of the young nation.
During the years immediately following the Revolutionary War, the colonies organized themselves into a new American government. The Articles of Confederation (1781-1789) served as the foundation for this first attempt at a national government and while a failure, it was the lessons learned under the articles that helped strengthen the government formed by the Constitution.
Made it difficult for nations to trade with the US because of the different state regulations. Congress had no power to protect US industries with duties.
Congress could make treaties but had no power to require the states to follow them
Couldn’t force the states to live up to the Treaty of Paris
Congress could make laws but had no power to force the states to abide by them
They could ask, but they couldn’t force. So if a law had been passed the 4 states that disagreed could just not follow it
No National court system
No way to settle disputes between states
The Articles of Confederation – A Successful Failure? Landmark land laws under the Articles orchestrated the orderly settlement of the Northwest Territory, where temporary tutelage blossomed into permanent equality.
The Horrid Specter of Anarchy – Shays’s Rebellion 1787 How Social tensions reached a fever pitch when debt-ridden farmers hoped to free themselves from the demands of a merchant-dominated government and seize arms on a quest to
Dates
Organization
Attendance
1781 to 1789
Articles of Confederation Power to the states, decentralized gov’t
13
1785
Alexandria Convention Virginia and Maryland agree to navigation rights on the Potomac
2
1786
Annapolis Convention Called to discuss problems with the Articles 8 states invited, 5 arrive. Economic problems need to be addressed at the national level(Hamilton)
The real significance of the Annapolis Convention lay in its decision to request another convention to discuss the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
5
Shays’s Rebellion (summer of 1786) adds the added incentive of fear to the invitation to revise the Articles of Confederation.
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