US History timeline & concept chart: 1754-1789 French-Indian War to American Revolution, Articles of Confederation & Constitutional Convention: Difference between revisions

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 ===Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation===
 *super-majority requirements = empowers small faction (gives veto-power to just a couple states; = "rule by lowest common denominator")
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+===Accomplishments under the Articles ===
-*Major Events here
+*Treaty of Paris, 1783
+*Northwest Ordinance, 1787
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 '''BIG IDEAS'''
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 *June 28 1776 Thomas Hickey executed for treason (plotted to murder Washington)
 **see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hickey_(soldier) and read://http_www.executedtoday.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.executedtoday.com%2F2013%2F06%2F28%2F1776-thomas-hickey-plotting-against-george-washington%2F
+=== Northwest Territory and Northwest Ordinance of 1787 ===
+[[File:Northwest-territory-usa-1787.png|alt=Northwest-territory-usa-1787.png|thumb|Northwest-territory-usa-1787]]
+* in 1787 the Continental Congress organized land ceded by England north of the Ohio River to the Great Lakes into a "territory"
+** was first post-colonial "incorporated territory" = formally organized and governed by Federal government
+* the Ordinance barred slavery in the Territories, the first national prohibition on slavery
+** however, it also set the precedent for existence of slavery below the Ohio River (its southern border)
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