Effects Of The Articles Of Confederation Dbq

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The idea of King George III and his idea of an absolute monarchy was not appealing to the colonists at all. The Articles of Confederation were created so there was no national executive branch, there was no president. Additionally, the Articles essentially gave no power to the government so it could not raise any money through taxes and it lacked the authority to maintain a standing army. Document G serves as an account of the chaos occurring during this time. Abigail Adams writes to Thomas Jefferson “..they have been carried to so alarming a height as to stop the courts of justice in several counties.”(Document G) The Articles brought with it a political standstill because it required a unanimous decision to enact amendments. The threat to …show more content…
Additionally, there were almost no rights for slaves, they were seen as living property. Document A illustrates a colonial women as a patriotic fighter, but during this era women had little to no significance. At this time women were not allowed to vote, they were seen as intellectually inferior, property to their husbands, and were not allowed a divorce even during the severest conditions. In Document J, Molly Wallace addresses to other women that they should still maintain a sense of dignity and they should not be restricted to “separate spheres” of domesticity. In her valedictory speech, Wallace addresses “No one will pretend to deny, that we should be taught to read in the best manner. And, if to read, why not to speak?” (Document J) As mentioned before, slaves were seen as living property, like a farm animal. Document B hypocritically explains “Let America be sacred alone to freemen,” the freemen that the writers from Pennsylvania Pocket are talking about are patriotic white men. Anyone who is opposed to the freedom of America should be denounced a Tory (Loyalist) and should be shipped of to Britain. Many of those who support this keep Africans chained to slavery for their entire life. Additionally, from that quote the view of Loyalists changed and for how they should be shipped off to Britain for betraying the country they live in. Returning to slavery, there were attempts to halt the expansion of slavery, An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States North-West of the River Ohio,1787. (Document H) The ordinance banned slavery and involuntary servitude in the territory, except for the punishment of crimes. The banning of slavery was evidence of fundamental social change and it is an effect of the American
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