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The United States had difficulties with other nations
NOTES• 1. Britain refused to turn over its forts in
U.S. territory to American control.
• 2. Britain closed off trade with the British West Indies.
• 3. Britain placed high tariffs (taxes) on American merchants
NOTESSpain closed the lower Mississippi to U.S.
shipping.
- Made it difficult for farmers to get their goods to market
Internal economic problems plagued the new nation
NOTES. • The Confederation Congress had no power to
control trade between the states.
• Inflation (vocab word) was high – This meant thing were expensive.
• Loss of trade with Britain combined with inflation caused an economic depression. – Depression (vocab word) : a time when the
economy or making money was low
Shays’ Rebellion pointed out weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation
NOTES. • Daniel Shays led Massachusetts farmers in a revolt
over high taxes and heavy debt.
• Shays’ Rebellion was put down by state troops (militia) in January 1787.
• Massachusetts wanted help from the national government, but there was no an army !
Many Americans called for changes in the national government
NOTES. • Shays’ Rebellion showed the weakness of the
Confederation government.
– People saw that their freedoms were not protected
– People called for a stronger central government