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2. Section 1: The Confederation Section 2: A New Constitution
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Section 1: The Confederation
Section 2: A New Constitution
Section 3: Ratifying the Constitution
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3. The Congress Falters (cont.)
Neither Britain nor the United States carried out the terms of the Treaty of Paris.
The Congress lacked the power to uphold its side of the treaty.
British Forts in the United States, 1787
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4. The Congress Falters (cont.)
The first major dispute between Spain and the United States involved the border between Spanish territory and the state of Georgia.
The dispute over this border, as well as navigation on the Mississippi, remained unresolved due to the limited power of the Confederation Congress.
How Did the Articles of Confederation Affect Foreign Policy?
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5. The Congress Falters (cont.)
The end of the Revolutionary War and the decline of trade with Britain had plunged the U.S. into a severe economic recession.
Farmers and other people in debt urged the state governments to issue paper money instead of raising taxes.
Revolutionary Debt
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6. The Congress Falters (cont.)
Violence erupted in Rhode Island, over the value of paper money teaching two things to many American leaders:
Unless a government was properly designed, the people could use the power of government to steal from the wealthy.
A strong central government was needed to take on the country’s debts and stabilize currency.
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7. The Congress Falters (cont.)
Shays’s Rebellion erupted in 1786 as a response to a raise in taxes that fell most heavily on farmers.
This rebellion also proved that a stronger central government was needed.
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8. Which of the following was not a violation of the Treaty of Paris?
A. The U.S. did not pay back British lenders.
B. The U.S. refused to return confiscated property to the Loyalists.
C. The British continued to impose the Quartering Act.
D. The British refused to completely evacuate American soil. A B C D
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10. recession
an economic slowdown
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