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Ratification of the Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was a document with he agreements among the states. It did not work out well, so the delegates erased it and wrote another document, the Constitution instead. -
Shay's Rebellion
Daniel Shay was put into jail, because he could not pay back the dept he had borrowed from the time when farmers had to borrow money from the government to make food for the French and American Armies. He failed in paying back, because the war was over and he could not sell anything. So farmers decided to burn the Courts down and show the Congress their minds. -
Constitutional Convention
After the rebellion, 55 delegates met up in Philedalpia to see if they could make changes to the Articles of Confederation because it wasn’t working out well. They ended up writing a new document, which is called the Constitution. They made the constitution in a secret manner. James Maddison led the making of the Constitution. -
Ratification of the US Constitution
After the making of the Constitution was done, the ratification, which is the approval, was needed from at least 9 out of the 13 states. Thhe fedral government urged the delegates, but too many states refused, the 13 Ammendments were made. They got to achieving more than 9 votes from the delegates, and put the constitution in power. The US constitution showed that there would be a house of Representation where the number of the representatives depended on the population. -
Louisiana Purchase
President Jefferson wanted New Oreland for farming and for expanding west. The French Empire was ruling New Orelands then. US wanted to buy New Orleans for $7.5 million dollars. The French were in a war with British people. They were weak in state and needed money. The French didn’t need Louisiana anymore. The land was meant for using it as a farmland for slaves, whom were lost at the Haitian revolution. So they made a treaty and gave the whole Louisiana territory to US for 15 million dollars. -
Spain Gives Florida To US
The farmlands in Georgia were getting raided by the Semiole Indians. Andrew Jackson was sent to Georgia to put a stop to raids by pursuing Indians. He was particularly asked not to invade Florida, but he did. The US decided to apologize to the Spanish, who was ruling Florida, in worries of war. However, John Quincy persuaded that it would be better to tell Spain to rule Florida as it should be, or get out of the land. Spain was in fear of war too, so they sold Florida for 5 million dollars. -
Indian Removal act
Native Americans were in the way when the united States were expanding westward. President Jackson made a law that enforced Native Americans to move to a place called the Indian territory over the Mississippi river. President Jackson also wrote a letter, which would persuade the native Americans to go. Some groups moved, but others resisted. This was called the Indian Removal act. -
The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was when a Native American tribe called the Cherokee was forced to migrate to the west. They travelled for days, travelling the long distance over 900 miles without their belongings or transportation. More than 4000 Cherokees died. -
Texas is Annexed
10 years after Texas was ruled over by Mexico, many people wanted Texas to be a part of the States. So James Polk annexed Texas, the 28th state. -
War with mexico
The Congress stated war on Mexico after Mexican soldiers fired Americans troops. At some point in the war, Mexico decided to give California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and other states to the United States, who paid 15 million dollars for them. The states and Mexico made the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, making Rio Grande the border. -
The Oregon Treaty
Britain and the United States shared the control over the Oregon area. The States wanted to have all of the Oregon territory, but they didn’t want to danger themselves by having a war with the British. They agreed to a treaty that split Oregon in half. The border is the 49th parallel. The States got the bottom part. -
Northerners Upset #1
Both north and south wanted DC to be on their side, because the capital is like the model everyone follows. Northern abolitionists wanted to stop slavery in Washington, DC so they sent petitions, telling DC to get rid of slavery in the capital. Congress said that they refused to consider all the anti slavery petitions. Northern abolitionists were angered because slavery would still exist. -
Northerners Upset #2
Many northerners helped fugitive slaves escape, and in the end, the fugitive slave law was made. The Fugitive Slave Law was a law allowing slaveholders find their runaway slaves, and take them back. The Northerners were dissatisfied with this law because they didn’t want to enforce this law. Also, they wanted the slaves to be free. -
Southerners Upset #2
John Brown was a Northerner. He wanted to free the slaves, so he raided the Arsenal, which is where the main weapons are. He went with his 5 sons who all died in the fight, and he himself got caught and executed. This upset the Southerners because if a slave rebellion begun, their blood would be lost. Also, Northerners thought of Brown as a hero, which made Southerners uneasy. -
Southerners Upset #1
Abraham Lincoln, whom was against slavery, was elected as the 16th president of America. He got elected without getting a single vote from the southern states. Him being president upset the southerners, as they no longer had the power to shape the national events or policies. They worried that the Congress would try to get rid of slavery throughout the whole country. On the other hand, the Northerners were very excited. -
Civil War
The Civil War started in 1861 when 11 southern states from the states seceded, because of their disagreement over slavery. The seceded states (confederacy) were for slavery, and the remaining states (union) weren’t. The direct reason was Abraham Lincoln’s election. The first battle was in Fort Sumter, and the war started turning down at the battle of Gettysburg. In 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered to the North.
