THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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This plan, written by James Madison, called for the establishment of a national government. It specified a bicameral legislature with membership proportional to population, voting in the legislature by individuals, and a president and courts chosen by the legislature.
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established a loose confederation of largely independent states with limited powers vested in the central government. It set up a national legislature called Congress, consisting of delegates from the states. Each state had one vote in Congress, regardless of its size or population.
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This law stated that the U.S. government would sell, at auction, western lands for a minimum $1 per acre. The profit would be used to pay off the national debt. The public domain was surveyed into township systems that were six square miles. Each township was divided into 36 one-square mile sections. One section equaled 640 acres.
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Financial Plan consisted of federal assumption of all debts, including state and federal debts and the chartering of the first U.S. Bank to help restore American credit.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments. The need for a stronger Federal government soon became apparent and eventually led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ratification of the Articles by the respective delegates commenced on July 9, 1778, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but was not completed until March 1, 1781, when the Articles were signed by the delegates from Maryland. ARTICLE I. The Stile of this confederacy shall be ‘’The United States of America. ‘’
Detailed explanation-3: -Delegates gave the Continental Congress the power to request money from the states and make appropriations, regulating the armed forces, appointing civil servants, and declaring war.