Ap Us History Dbq

The Convention was a complete and utter failure. Delegates could not agree on many issues, including slavery, the legislature, legal status of Shaysites, and the status of Canada. This resulted in fracture among the former colonies, resulting in what is now known as The Strife, due to the constant state of struggle from 1788 to 1804. Most famous was the War of Unification, the war which united the Countries from Nova Scotia to Connecticut into the nation-state New England. Shortly after the Convention, where delegates from the frozen reaches of Canada to the warm beaches of the Bahamas, and from the mountainous reaches of Virginia to the small rock that was Bermuda, represented the seventeen colonies that revolted from Great Britain,

None, however, were worse than the rivalry between New York and Pennsylvania-Delaware over Lake Erie. Two other colonies, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, also attempted to control them, but Connecticut ceded its claim to New York in a secret treaty. This dispute over a mere 300 miles of land resulted in the War of 1791, the bloodiest war in America until the 1820s. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania-Delaware, and Maryland fought against New York, Rhode Island, Nova Scotia, and Connecticut. New York soldiers were able to capture several towns in Pennsylvania-Delaware, such as Pittsburgh and Harrison, but the tides turned the next year when Virginia entered the war to seize Connecticut’s claim on the Ohio Territories. Raging for several years, the war is most notable for the sacking of New York and the sacking of Hartford, which decimated two population centers in New York. Ultimately, however, New York was devastated. They were forced to cede their coast on Lake Erie to Pennsylvania and recognize Massachusetts ownership of their claims in western New York. Nova Scotia gave much of its southern lands to Massachusetts, and Connecticut and Rhode Island were seized by Massachusetts as Connecticut, New Haven, Saybrook, and Rhode Island counties. This war, also known as the War of Unification, united New England sans Vermont, New Hampshire, and Nova

Locals displaced by the War of Unification often escaped to Virginia, Canada, North Carolina, and occasionally Spain’s West Florida and Louisiana. This resulted in the slow creation of the Cantons of Transylvania, Charlotina, Pontiac, and Milwaukee in Virginia, and Watauga Province and Sud Canada province in North Carolina and Canada. Cities, such as Cincinnati and Pontiac city, sprung up as administrative and population centers with a manufacturing bend. These diversified cities formed a new wave of immigration from the Isles, along with Germany, France, and the Low Countries. Of course, farms and plantations spread on this fertile ground, making Virginia-Bermuda one of the largest producers of grain and cotton in the world. Unfortunately, an issue plagued these Southern nations: slavery. Slaves worked on plantations and in factories south of Pennsylvania, oppressing the African population. In some cases, however the slaves rebbelled, and although they usually failed, one example succeeded for several