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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) |
| 1785 |
Land Ordinance of 1785 |
| 1787 |
Northwest Ordinance |
| January 1787 |
Shays’s Rebellion |
| May–September |
Constitutional Convention 1787 |
| 1787–1788 |
The Federalist |
| June 1788 |
Ninth state (New Hampshire) ratified the Constitution |
| 1787–1788 |
The Federalist |
| 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: |
- Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the government under the Articles
of Confederation.
- Describe 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.
- Account for 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.
- Account for the success of the movement to ratify the Constitution.
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