With the revolution won, the colonist’s drafted the first known constitution as the Articles of Confederation. Favoring power to the separate states instead of a national government, the influence of King George III permanently ridded the conscience of the colonists from one body, or group, having excessive power over the nation. In all, the power came from the People. Regardless of the colonist’s success, however, led to more dire situations in their growth. Congress had certain limitations with this constitution in action, along with many disputes among each separate state. Land distribution, foreign trouble, and payments of money, were all familiar predicaments to Congress. Absence of a centralized national power prevented the states from having fair land control, causing debate among the colonies. Maryland, rejected the constitution stating that other states, including Virginia, would become too dominant unless the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi river were turned over to Congress (Davidson, page 190). One who ruled over the most amount of land, could exponentially use the land for sales, disregarding the use for taxes (page 190). Thousands …show more content…
Britain's rebuttal was that they refused to withdraw their troops from Ohio Valley even after the Treaty of Paris ( page 191). Spain closed its port in New Orleans, causing farmers to suffer, having no other way to ship produce to the East ( page 191). This added to their economic depression. During the revolution, requests for farmers was high. Land, seeds, animals, and tools were of need for these abundant times. Soon after, the war ended ( page 194). Demand fell, and loans were piled high, with farmers unable to repay them. This money crisis proved to be inevitable, and brought to the conclusion that the factors of barricading through their debt to be implausible, and only the