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Shays' Rebellion and the Northwest Territory: Post-Revolution Historical Influences

Explore key events post-Revolution that shaped the U.S.'s Constitution amid unrest like Shays' Rebellion & Northwest Territory's governance. Understand the organization of the territory, the impact of economic challenges, Daniel Shays' uprising, and the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Delve into the delegates' profiles, decisions, and the creation of a balanced national government. Uncover the Convention's significance, delegates' discussions, and the formation of the U.S. Constitution.

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Shays' Rebellion and the Northwest Territory: Post-Revolution Historical Influences

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  1. SHAYS' REBELLION AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY

  2. ******The next 26 slides are historical events after the revolution that influenced the the delegates to come up with a new Constitution for a growing country. The United States gained a huge new area after the Revolutionary War Now had to decide how to divide it up into existing states or new ones

  3. NORTHWESTERRITORY

  4. The Northwest Territory was surveyed into organized sections a TOWNSHIP was a 36 square mile area

  5. TOWNSHIP 6 miles 6 miles

  6. 1 TOWNSHIP = 36 SQUARE MILES Section #16 was usually reserved for the public school of the township

  7. The _____________________________ (1787) described how the Northwest Territory was to be governed. As the territory grew in population, it would gain the rights to self-government. When there were ______ free males in an area, men who owned at least _______ acres of land could elect an assembly. When they were _________ people, they could apply to become a new state. NORTHWEST ORDINANCE 5,000 50 60,000

  8. NORTHWEST TERRITORY

  9. Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin Ohio Illinois Indiana

  10. The organization of the Northwest Territory was important because it created an orderly plan to settle a new area of the United States

  11. SHAYS' REBELLION WHEN: January of 1787

  12. SHAYS' REBELLION WHERE: Massachusetts

  13. SHAYS' REBELLION WHY: Farmers were upset about high taxes – if could not pay taxes they were put in jail

  14. Every state was having economic trouble in the mid 1780’s An average family paid $200 a year in taxes – more than most people made in a year

  15. DANIEL SHAYS leads a rebellion of about 1,500 men, mostly farmers They are upset about paying high taxes and they want debt relief from the government

  16. Government does not help them They gather and march on a federal arsenal – a storage place for weapons

  17. About 900 state militia men stop the uprising The general public sides with the farmers Very close to having chaos because of taxes

  18. SHAYS’ REBELLION

  19. SHAYS' REBELLION RESULT: The uprising is stopped Shays is pardoned years later

  20. SHAYS' REBELLION LASTING EFFECT: America realizes they need a stronger national government if they are to survive as a country.

  21. THE END

  22. DELEGATES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

  23. Government officials realized after Shays’ Rebellion that a change was needed A convention of representatives from each state were called to Philadelphia in 1787

  24. STATEHOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA SITE OF THE CONVENTION

  25. INSIDE OF STATEHOUSE (TODAY) SITE OF THE CONVENTION

  26. There were 74 men asked to come to Philadelphia but only 55 delegates arrived in Philadelphia

  27. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

  28. AGE: The average age of a delegate was 44 years old

  29. BEN FRANKLIN (Pennsylvania) was the oldest at age 81 JONATHAN DAYTON (New Jersey) was the youngest at age 26

  30. POLITICAL EXPERIENCE: Most had some experience as politicians in their home states

  31. 40 of the delegates had been members of the Continental Congress

  32. PROFESSION: 34 of the 55 were lawyers Also included soldiers, planters, educators, ministers, physicians, financiers, and merchants

  33. ECONOMIC STATUS: Most were very wealthy and many owned slaves

  34. THE END

  35. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

  36. A total of 12 states sent delegates to the convention Rhode Island is the only state that refused to send any delegates

  37. Delegates had to make a choice: • Fix the Articles of Confederation 2) Write a new form of government

  38. The delegates decided to write a new plan of government Challenge was to create a strong national government but one that was not overpowering

  39. The Constitutional Convention was held in the summer of _________ in the city of _________________. 1787 PHILADELPHIA

  40. CONSTITUTION HALL - PHILADELPHIA

  41. NATIONAL ARCHIVES – WASHINGTON DC HOME OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TODAY

  42. There were ____ delegates at the Constitutional Convention. 55

  43. _________________ read more than 100 books in preparation for the convention. JAMES MADISON

  44. ______________________ and _______________ were not at the convention because they were overseas at the time. THOMAS JEFFERSON JOHN ADAMS

  45. __________________ refused to attend the convention because he “smelled a rat” leading toward monarchy. PATRICK HENRY

  46. __________________________ came out of retirement for the convention. GEORGE WASHINGTON

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