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Articles of Confederation |
- uni-cameral legislature: one house; each state gets one vote regardless of population -ratified 1781 -consent of 9/13 needed to pass laws |
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Congress |
-COULD: wage war, make treaties, send diplomats, borrow money -COULD NOT: regulate commerce, collect taxes, enforce laws |
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Accomplishments of AOC Congress |
-sold land in old Northwest to raise money to pay off war debt |
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
-way to set up states btwn Ohio River and Great Lakes -if a territory had more than 60,000 ppl then it could be a state -no new slavery; if the state had already been established then it could continue slavery |
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Problems Under AOC |
-Financial: most war debt went unpaid; Congress could not tax, only request money -Foreign: no respect from Europe; could not pay debt or have united front -Domestic: Shay's Rebellion 1786; uprising against high state taxes, imprisonment for debt, and lack of paper money |
