The Articles Of Confederation, A Turning Point In United States History

The Articles of the Confederation was a turning point in United States history. Delegates had a meeting to discuss the Articles of Confederation since the state constitutions were drafted. They were then sent to the states for ratification after the state constitutions were drafted, Virginia was the first to validate the Articles. The Articles of Confederation made sure the United States wasn 't known as a nation but instead a league of friendship. The Articles had many key features making it stand out. It made sure there wasn 't a central power controlling everything, instead of what the Constitution ratified in 1788. The Articles also settled a new system called Congress of the Confederation which had every state holding one vote and the state legislatures selected members to be part of it. While this was active the leader of Congress was the informal leader since there was no office of president. States were able to impose taxes from the citizens since there was money being used to control the central government. With this decision Congress could declare war but without being able to lift an army. With the new addition of the Articles of Confederation many groups supported and opposed them. Most American revolutionary leaders thought the central government didn 't have enough power with the Articles. The notable people who opposed the Articles were Washington, Hamilton, and John Adams. Americans wanted more support so the invaded into Canada hoping they could help them out. The Canadians didn’t want to be known helong them out so after the revolution they stayed being a British colony. With the disagreement it followed with the war spreading to the mid Atlantic area. The British ended up winning the battle, being heavily equipped with war supplies and much more conventional. The war started moving through the southern states. The patriots, other known as Americans were gaining force and took the battle to the last stage in Virginia. The British army being lead by Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia. The United …show more content…
The British blockade continued even after the battles stopped ending up with an economic depression. The Articles of Confederation soon came to be the constitution of the United States following its creation in the year 1776 to the new Constitution ratification in 1788. The federal government did not have the concentrated power whereas the states did. Many small merchants and farmers supported the Articles of Confederation because the political power was centralized in the state capitals other than in Philadelphia. The Articles didn 't include anything about slavery but since it never stated anything, at this time it was believed to be legal. The western territories were free from the federal gaining power because of the Articles of Confederation. In the year 1787 the Northwest Ordinance was approved which allowed the western territories to sale, survey and …show more content…
The Barbary Pirates attacked the United States in ships at the Mediterranean in the 1780s. Many pirate threats were argument on why the federal government should be able to ask for taxes to build a strong army. The federal government was in debt and unable to pay of the debts since they weren 't able to charge taxes which lead to the American Revolution. With the nation in debt many revolutionary war veterans went bankrupt post war. Farmers wanted more money to be printed which let to a riot in New