A MORE PERFECT UNION

 JOHN DICKINSON

 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

ALLOWEDCOULD NOT  DEAL WITH OTHER COUNTRIES  HAVE A MILITARY  BORROW MONEY  ISSUE (MAKE) MONEY  CONTROL TRADE  FORCE PEOPLE TO JOIN THE ARMY  ISSUE TAXES

 9/13 VOTES NEEDED TO PASS LAWS  HAD TO HAVE ALL 13 VOTES TO GET CHANGES MADE TO THE ARTICLES

 EVERYONE GOT ONE VOTE NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL  DELAWARE & RHODE ISLAND= TO MASSACHUSETTS OR VIRGINIA

 NO MORE PROCLAMATION OF 1763  PEOPLE MOVING WEST

 DIVIDED INTO TOWNSHIPS  36 SQUARE MILES 6X6  EACH HAD 36 “SECTIONS” 1X1  1 SQUARE MILE AT A TIME SOLD AT AUCTIONS

 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

 MONEY  OTHER NATIONS

 CONGRESS AND STATES STILL MAKING MONEY  WORTH NOTHING  CONGRESS CAN’T ISSUE TAXES

 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

 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

 CONTROLLED FL & LA TERRITORY  CLOSED THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI R  KEEP AMERICANS FROM WEST  AGREEMENT REACHED  SOUTH SHOT IT DOWN (DIDN’T INCLUDE TRADE ON THE RIVER)