... land masses as well as rivers and fresh water lakes. These resources provided the gateway for financial success of the new country. Exploration, fisheries, mining and plantations quickly fueled the success of white entrepreneurial colonists formerly held back by British law. Unfortunately, the Treaty of Paris, the Articles of Confederation nor the Declaration of Independence offered the same opportunities to the nation's other residents. Native Americans, many ... of whom sided with the British in hopes of stopping colonial expansion onto native land, had large tribal territories relinq...

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... , the poor, women, and Native Americans still could not vote, nor did their standings in society change. After the Revolutionary War, the Articles of Confederation formed the federal government of the United States. The Articles of Confederation provided for a relatively weak central government that gave more authority to individual states. This made it a more democratic government, giving more power directly ... to the voters. The different problems with the Articles of Confederation tended to hurt wealthier citizens. A United States government with no money could not pay back its loans...

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... Second Continental Congress, and finally leading to the Articles of the Confederation, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution. After some men were killed at Lexington and Concord, the Second Continental Congress came together to form a semblance of a "temporary" national government. This evolution of a congress is clear as it eventually formed the Articles of Confederation after the war. Even though the monarchy of England left a hatred for a strong centralized government ... , this type of government was necessary to control and aid the nation. The Revolution set in the m...

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... set up many precedents that had long lasting effects. George Washington changed the way American foreign policy was handled through his 1793 Proclamation of Neutrality. The first thing that really made George Washington a big name was the Revolutionary War even though he did play a significant ... , but there was little time for fanfare because the country was experiencing great difficulties under the Articles of Confederation. Washington noted, "The Confederation appears to me to be little more than a shadow without the substance" (Web2). It had to be fixed, so the ... leaders of the ne...

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