... Revolution, the fledgling new nation of America had created the Articles of Confederation. Out of much fear, the Articles tried to stay as far away from a strong federal government as possible. They had tried to make sure the federal government will stay weak in the affairs of the Confederation. Thereby the Articles allowed few concessions to the Congress. The Articles of Confederation had been mostly an ineffective ... government in the aspects of foreign relations and commerce; however it did provide for an extraordinary system to work with the Northwest Territory. ... after surveying...

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... money. The Massachusetts legislature had raised the taxes, and the farmers could not afford to pay them. Foreclosures on the land and property of the farmers began and the county courts started to close on the properties. Many farmers started to get frustrated and stated that they cannot ... the militia, but they had no luck getting this cleared up with the farmers. One reason was because the state militia was a collection of citizens of the town, so if they had to shoot anyone, they would be shooting at their own family, friends, and neighbors. So calling ... a government that had a con...

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... they had not improved their relations in North America, where their colonies laid side by side. Though this originally began in 1690 with the massacre of colonists in New York by the French and Indians. Within a seventy-year span, four colonial wars were fought, the King William's War, Queen ... future. Then the Revolutionary War began on April 19, 1775. It started with the first "shots heard all around the world" at the Battle of Lexington and Concord. After this battle, Congress met a second time in Philadelphia. This was known as the Second Continental Congress. They met on May ... th...

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... they had not improved their relations in North America, where their colonies laid side by side. Though this originally began in 1690 with the massacre of colonists in New York by the French and Indians. Within a seventy-year span, four colonial wars were fought, the King William's War, Queen ... future. Then the Revolutionary War began on April 19, 1775. It started with the first "shots heard all around the world" at the Battle of Lexington and Concord. After this battle, Congress met a second time in Philadelphia. This was known as the Second Continental Congress. They met on May ... th...

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... lover. It depicts America in the colonial period, 1776, in Charleston, South Carolina. It is the dawn of the Revolutionary War against the British and the Articles of the Confederation were barely holding together the thirteen colonies. Benjamin Martin is the main character and is a veteran war Captain who fought heroically in the French Indian war. Benjamin Martin is a widower ... with seven children living on a plantation outside Charleston. Martin travels to Charleston and voices his opposition of going to war with Britain at ... disdain for Britain and benefits the militia's recrui...

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... in Philadelphia. He took a big part in the making of the Constitution. As a hero of the Revolutionary War, he was elected for the first presidency. On April 30, 1789 Washington was elected the First President of the United States. The new government had millions of dollars in debt, which the Congress of the Articles of Confederation was unable to pay. Alexander Hamilton proposed that the ... government would assume wartime debts of the States. Along with that proposal, borrowing twelve million from other countries and paying ... France and England. Washington also set up a judiciary sy...

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... Hancock's main goal while in the Provincial Congress was to promote the patriot cause, and defeat the dictatorship that was England. During the time Hancock was President of the Provincial Congress, he was elected into the Second Continental Congress in 1775. Hancock was elected as president due to his involvement with colonial cause up until this ... when bad health caused a resignation. With Hancock's great wealth, and Sam Adams" great leadership, the duo became unstoppable. Hancock was able to fund the actions of the Son's of Liberty, and Adams was able to lead them to victory. With t...

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