Women, Farmers, & Enslaved People
This new expectation argued that women should educate children in republican values after the Revolution.
What is republican motherhood?
The United States owed large amounts of this after the Revolutionary War.
What is money or debt?
This country kept forts in American territory after the Revolution.
What is Great Britain?
This region north of the Ohio River became central to land disputes.
What is the Ohio River Valley / Northwest Territory?
Congress could ask states for money but could not do this to force payment.
What is tax?
Although most women gained no voting rights, some states briefly allowed this group to vote before restricting it again in the early 1800s.
Who are property-owning women (especially in New Jersey)?
Congress could not regulate this between states, leading to trade conflicts.
What is interstate commerce?
This nation blocked American access to the Mississippi River and New Orleans.
What is Spain?
States eventually gave western land claims to this level of government.
What is the national government?
This fraction of states had to approve major laws under the Articles.
What is 9/13 states?
Many enslaved people sought freedom during the Revolution by joining or escaping to this side, which promised emancipation.
Who were the British?
New York taxing goods from New Jersey is an example of this economic problem.
What are interstate tariffs?
These pirates from North Africa attacked American merchant ships.
Who are Barbary Pirates?
American Indians often traded with these two European powers instead of Americans.
Who are Britain and Spain?
Because Congress lacked this, it depended on states to provide soldiers.
What is a national army?
High taxes and debt led western Massachusetts farmers to protest in this 1786–1787 uprising.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
Unpaid farmers and veterans helped spark this uprising in Massachusetts.
What is Shay's rebellion?
Because the U.S. lacked this military force, it struggled to defend trade overseas.
What is a navy?
Conflict between settlers and Native Americans increased because Americans moved west for this reason.
What is land/settlement opportunities?
Each state having only one vote showed the dominance of these political units.
What are the states / state sovereignty?
The Revolution inspired ideals of liberty, yet slavery continued expanding because of this economic system growing in the South.
What is plantation agriculture / cash-crop slavery economy?
Without taxing power, Congress relied on states sending money voluntarily; this system usually did this.
What is fail / collapse / fall short?
Foreign nations doubted the U.S. because the national government lacked this key characteristic.
What is strong central authority / power to enforce laws?
Congress organizing western lands under federal control helped set a precedent for this future process.
➡ What is admitting new states / westward expansion governance?
Changing the Articles required approval from this percentage of states, making reform nearly impossible.
What is unanimous approval?