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Do now: Identify a few possible problems that the newly independent
United States of America faced after the war ended.
Today, identify and discuss problems facing the new nation; outline
the ideas that guided new state governments; describe the problems
the nation faced under the A.O.C.; explain how the Northwest
Ordinance benefited the U.S.
If you have not taken the quiz on 6.4/6.5, you must do so by
Wednesday 7 January 2015.
If you were present in school yesterday, you are responsible to
completing the crash course review and showing it to me completed
(10 pts).
***** The Grading Period Ends 21
January 2015 (Wednesday)
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You are a new country
You just fought a war for 6+ years
You have a tremendous amount of debt (state and foreign)
The British don’t leave (they kept about 10,000 soldiers
stationed in unsettled territory and Canada)
13 states acting as 1 country or 13 states acting as 13
countries (more so like the European Union of today).
North and South very different culturally and economically
(slavery and industry)
What to do about the loyalists?
There was an established government created by the 2nd
Continental Congress called the Articles of Confederation,
which sets up a national government; but was it effective?
Strong central government or a weak central government.
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5 Jan: Crash Course Review of the AmRev
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6 Jan: The “Articles of Confederation” homework
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7 Jan: The Failure of the A.O.C. and the need for a
more effective document
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8 Jan: The Constitutional Convention homework
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9 Jan: Many Compromises (possible homework)
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Capture large cities and force the colonists to
surrender
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Quit
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Saratoga; French joined the war.
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Cornwallis stationed his troops on a peninsula
that was surrounded by French ships.
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The continentals are fighting a
hopeless/thankless battle
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1843
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Dressed as a man and fought in several battles.
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Instruct their sons in the principles of liberty.
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness
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Religion
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Decline of apprenticeships and indenture
servitude .
Northern and Southern economies continue to
drift further apart (North paid labor, South
reliance on slave labor).
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Eli Whitney’s Cotton Engine (Gin)
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Property
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Wrote about slavery even though many owned
slaves (“all men are created equal”)
Washington / Jefferson owned slaves. Said the
colonists were enslaved by Britain.
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Property
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10,000
200,000
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Growth of 190,000 in 34 years.
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1776
1810
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Destiny