Download The American Revolution resulted in significant social, economic

The American Revolution resulted in significant social, economic, and political
changes in the United States.
Republican Motherhood/state constitutions w/bill of rights/bicameral
legislatures/freedom of trade-no British protection/the rich “aristocracy” Loyalists were
gone/primogeniture laws abolished/many slaves freed or gradually emancipated in the
North/separation of church and state with the decline of the Anglican church in
South/Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation provided a necessary, if ineffective, transition from
British rule to the federal system established under the Constitution.
Unicameral/each state-1 vote/no power to tax or regulate commerce-no executive branch
or federal courts/Congress could wage war, make treaties, borrow money.
Ratification in 1781-western land dispute solved-SUCCESSES-Land Ordinance of
1785/Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Fearful of tyranny and “mobocracy”, the United States groped to find a balance of
power between the states and the national government.
Shays’ Rebellion/British refusal to leave the west/bad foreign credit/interstate
tariffs/worthless currency/Annapolis Convention/Philadelphia Convention-1787
Hamilton/Madison/Washington/Virginia Plan/New Jersey Plan/Connecticut Plan-Great
Compromise/Three-fifths Compromise/electoral college system(fear of the mob)/bicameral/separation of powers-checks and balances/Bill of Rights/Federalist Papers/
Federalists and Anti-Federalists/Judiciary Act of 1789
Between 1789 and 1825 the power of the national government increased at the
expense of the states.
Judiciary Act of 1789/Hamilton’s financial plan-assumption of debts/tariffs/excise
taxes/national bank/Marbury v. Madison/McCulloch v. Maryland/ Cohens v
Virginia/Gibbons v. Ogden/ Fletcher v. Peck/John Marshall