The Confederation
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- A weak national government
- Postal Service
- State constitutions
- Money problems
- Shays's Rebellion
- Foreign affairs humiliation
- Mount Vernon Conference and Annapolis Convention
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In 1783, the Treaty of Paris brought an official end to the American Revolution (1775–83). Under the terms of this peace agreement, the British gave up a considerable amount of land to America. The new nation stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River, and from the northern Florida boundary to New France, later...
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