HISB30H3 Lecture Notes - Daniel Shays, Forego, Onehouse
Document Summary
Post revolution period is a shift to early national period. When americans talk about origins of nations, they talk about framers of the constitution and the ratification of the constitution. Americans sense of themselves as a nation rests on power of this document to suspend the constitution is tyranny. More illuminating to see constitutional convention as one step to the formation of us governance a constitutional settlement. Constitutional settlement means long term process where colonists gradually decide how to govern their new nation: experiments in power, state constitution making: 1790 is when they tried to enforce the constitution. As a learning process, it raises questions regarding power and the constitution. Republics arguably only work in small countries, with one common good or common goal in mind. In 1783 us is a large country by european standards. Constitution itself is a process of a series of long trials: 1781 articles of confederation:
