HIST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Whiskey Rebellion, Northwest Ordinance, Triangular Trade
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Legislative body to serve as nation"s executive: full power over foreign affairs, could decide disputes between states and indian affairs, had no courts, no power to levy taxes, women. Rights basically stay the same: african americans. Those who fought for colonies felt that they should get rights because they fought for the colonies. Those who fought for british were relocated within the empire. People paid for land out west to help pay off war debts. Had to tax people to pay back war debts: shay"s rebellion. Most of war paid for with loans by creditors. Many colonies came up with their own paper money. Western farmers have no money; just goods. State pushes rebellion as far as it can; state militia ended up squashing it. Shows the rest of the nation that the articles of confederation are not strong enough: the whiskey rebellion. Western people heavily relied on fermenting wheat and corn into liquor.
