The Northwest Ordinance.
Fighting the American Revolution
Northwest Ordinance
No accomplishment. It was the main reason that they met to rewrite it or make a new one.
a weak federal (central) government
I think it was the Articles of Confederation?
Writing of the U.S. Constitution
Fighting the American Revolution
fighting the american revolution
it gave them a small start to the new government
Fighting the American Revolution
fighting the american revolution
Fighting the American Revolution
Northwest Ordinance
Under the articles, the government took control of the Revolutionary War. It negotiated the peace. The major accomplishment of the Government under the Articles of Confederation was the North West Ordinance. It set up the system for surveying the land west of the original 13 colonies.
No accomplishment. It was the main reason that they met to rewrite it or make a new one.
bob
The idea that a strong central government threatens the rights of the people and of the states was a major influence on the authors of the Articles of Confederation.