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| CHAPTER 7 | SHAPING A FEDERAL UNION | OVERVIEW |
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CHAPTER TIMELINE |
| 1776 |
Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations |
| 1781 |
Ratification of the Articles of Confederation |
| 1783 |
Peace with Britain (formal end to Revolution) |
| 1783 |
Newburgh Conspiracy |
| 1785 |
Passage of basic land ordinance |
| March 1785 |
Mount Vernon Meeting (leading to Constitution) |
| September 1786 |
Annapolis Convention |
| August 1786–
February 1787 |
Shays’s Rebellion |
| May–September
1787 |
Constitutional Convention |
| 1787–1788 |
The Federalist |
| June 1788 |
Ninth state (New Hampshire) ratified the Constitution |
| June–July 1788 |
Virginia and New York ratified the Constitution |
| March 1789 |
New government set to commence |
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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES |
After you finish reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to: |
- Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the government under the Articles of
Confederation.
- List and explain the key accomplishments of the Confederation government
in diplomacy, governmental organization, land policy, and finance.
- List and explain the major problems that the Confederation government faced
in finance and diplomacy.
- Describe the movement to adopt a new constitution and assess the degree to
which a new government was needed.
- Analyze the principles considered and incorporated in the Constitution.
- Explain the key historiographical analyses of the constitution-making
process, including the contributions of Charles Beard, Forrest McDonald, and
Jackson T. Main.
- Account for the success of the movement to ratify the Constitution.
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