ASIN: B06XMY3SNR
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 75
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the insurrections *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Even as the young United States successfully secured its independence, the new nation was beset by problems. The drafters of the Articles of Confederation had deliberately avoided giving the national legislature the power to tax, because Parliament had so abused that authority against the colonies, but this proved to be a severe limitation on the national government. Besides hampering the Continental Army, the inability of the national government to raise revenue made foreign policy difficult. Under the Articles of Confederation, the Congress was also completely unable to pay any of the debts it incurred to foreign powers during the Revolutionary War. Though allied powers had lent to the American government on favorable ...
