Shaping of America 1783-1815 Almanac | 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...