HSTY2034: US History to 1865 21 April 2004

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HSTY2034 US History to 186521 April 2004

• Creating the United States

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• Why create a strong central government?
• First Constitution (Articles of Confederation)
  creates weak central govt.
• Answer lies in problems arising from the war
• 1. Demobilization
• Disgruntled soldiers
• Angry officers
• Possibility of a military coup?

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• 2. Problem of Western Lands
• Indian claims settled by bullying
• States declare ownership of land to their west
• Land speculators and land-hungry farmers
• Extending national authority over land
• Northwest Ordinance (1787)
• Model for governing western territories (inc.
  banning slavery)
• A triumph for moderate nationalists vision of
  government.

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• 3. Financial Problems
• War debt
• Inflation and failed attempts to raise taxes
• Depression and trade imbalance
• Nationalists v. Localists
• Calls for revising Articles of Confederation

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• 4. Creating the United States
• Constitutional Convention (1787)
• Virginia Plan New Jersey Plan
• The Great Compromises
• Ideology of Federalists v. Anti-Fed.
• Constitution ratified 1788

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