Shays' Rebellion

Articles of Confederation was weak, could not enforce laws, raise an army, regulate commerce, or levy a tax. Every state had a different unit of currency. Each state had its own rules and laws, and mostly acted like an independent nation. After Shays Rebellion, a brief uprising of farmers in rural Massachusetts against political elites, showed the weakness of the government in its present form, and the founders decided the formation of a new Constitution was necessary.…

Weakness of the Article of Confederation During the course of the Second Continental Congress in 1777, the Articles of Confederation were adopted for the proposal of a central institution. This meeting started in 1775, gathered many of the most brilliant minds of that period at Pennsylvania. Delegates were sent from the thirteen colonies to represent in the convention. The convention was a series of meeting, on the attempt to solve political and social issues. One of the major concern was the…

James Madison Background James Madison, being referred to as the “Father of the Constitution” had played a essential role in the ratification of the Constitution by writing the Federalist Papers. During his years as a politician, he had accomplished to become America’s fourth President during the years of 1809 through 1817. His college years in Princeton, Military services during the revolutionary war and his early political career had a large effect on the creation of the Federalist Papers…

The year 1763 played a vital role in shaping American history. 1763 marked the end of Britain 's salutary neglect, it marked the end of colonists’ prized autonomy, yet it marked the beginning of a new America. In the years to follow, colonists had come to realize the significance of autonomy and independence, and were willing to do anything to obtain it, even if it meant war with the empire on which the sun never sets. Rhetoric of independence and equality was heard left and right, it sparked a…

The book Killer Angels book is about American Civil War. From my point of view I think the cause of the Civil War it really about slavery. The reason it about slavery is because in our lection class we been talking about slavery ever since after the colony war with England. American Civil War began in 1861 when the South attack the union army. The war begin right after the south left the Union. The states that left the Union are about 11 State. Many southerners left the state because they…

neighborhood committee and Mr. Linder only see the skin of the Youngers family, and the offer to bribe the Youngers to keep them from moving which tears the family apart and the values they stand for. The Youngers answer to the racial discrimination with rebellion and unity. The play signifies that the best way to deal with discrimination is to stand up…

The 17th and 18th centuries proved to be a revolutionary time period in the development of Western government. This period, commonly known as the Enlightenment, saw the rise of the people as a major political power and the corresponding decline of absolute monarchs. Examples of this would include the British Parliament after the Glorious Revolution and the Dutch Republic after the 30 Years War, but the true pinnacle of Enlightened ideals presented itself in the minds of the British colonists…

Powderly William Graham Sumner John P. Altgeld Samuel Gompers What was the impact of the transcontinental rail system on the American economy and society in the late nineteenth century? 2) How did the huge industrial trusts develop in industries such as steel and oil, and what was their effect on the economy? 3) What was the effect of the new industrial revolution on American laborers, and how did various labor organizations attempt to respond to the new conditions? 4) The…

The United States of America is informally at war with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). ISIS has performed many terrorist attacks all around the world in major cities like Paris. These acts of terror have made people all over the world anxious when it comes to the war with ISIS. People are wondering why the U.S. has not destroyed this radical group when the U.S. has the most advanced military in the world. But many arguments spark up about as to what is morally right in fighting a war…

In many texts during the mid to late 1700s and after, women were starting to play major roles. In Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography, St. John de Crevecoeur’s Letters from an American Farmer, and Royall Tyler’s The Contrast, women played central roles, either on the sidelines like in Crevecoeur’s Letters from an American Farmer and Franklin’s Autobiography, or front in center like in Tyler’s The Contrast. While Charlotte in The Contrast serves as a moral message to women of the time, both Miss…