1 / 8

Articles of Confederation: Success vs Failure

Articles of Confederation: Success vs Failure. Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Northwest Ordinance Land gained between Appalachians and Mississippi R. After Revolution - colonists moved west to land. Northwest Ordinance. 1785 - surveyors divided areas into towns 1787 - passed Ordinance

eben
Download Presentation

Articles of Confederation: Success vs Failure

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Articles of Confederation: Success vs Failure

  2. Northwest Ordinance of 1787 • Northwest Ordinance • Land gained between Appalachians and Mississippi R. • After Revolution - colonists moved west to land

  3. Northwest Ordinance • 1785 - surveyors divided areas into towns • 1787 - passed Ordinance • Made rules for becoming a state

  4. Northwest Ordinance • Must have governor • Must have 5000 free males to start to make laws • Must have 60,000 free people, write a constitution, apply to be state

  5. Northwest Ordinance • Was it a success or failure of the Articles of Confederation? • Why or why not?

  6. Shays’ Rebellion • Massachusetts wanted to pay off state debt • Greatly taxed farmers • Farmers jailed for debt

  7. Shays’ Rebellion • 1786 - Daniel Shays angry • Led farmers in protest against Mass. Taxes and jailing • Mass sent troops to crush rebellion • Realized had to change laws about taxing

  8. Shays’ Rebellion • Was it a success or failure of the Articles of Confederation? • Why or why not?

More Related