The fear of slave rebellion distracted both the Southern slaveholder and the Northern invader. The Confederate government never used them as soldiers, but it did make them go into labor brigades to build fortifications, dig latrines, and haul supplies. As the war went on, Southern manpower shortages became more of a problem. Slaves quickly took advantage of the situation, slowing down their pace of labor and not following orders, The South imposed a Cotton embargo and many Southerners believed they could persuade European intervention in the war by refusing to grow or give
WW1 ends – The ending of WW1 meant that the European countries were able to meet their own demands and therefore did not need any more supplies from America. Farmers suffered from overproduction and could not afford to keep their homes or pay mortgages, some farmers even decided to become sharecroppers. In 1924, 600,000 farmers went bankrupt. Also, there was stiff competition from Canadian, Australian and Argentinean farmers who were selling vast amounts of grain to the world market. Over-production – Fewer products such as cars, consumer good etc were not being sold as factories were making more goods than Americans needed or could afford to buy.
How effective were the Liberal social reforms in the period 1906 to 1914? In the early Twentieth Century poverty in Britain was a very serious issue. There were groups of society who had no way of tackling or rising out of poverty. Poverty was more evident in the North of Britain and in big cities, although rural poverty was also a problem. Particularly vulnerable groups were the old, who had no means of acquiring money.
(DOC E) By doing so, this allowed ratification and successful land policies for frontiers. Even though the article was able to set up a national government that the states could agree upon, the powers given to it were inadequate. The Articles of Confederation had problems settling and fixing their poor economic situation. The nation was put under heavy debt from the Revolution and taxation of imports and exports. Since the government could not set up a national currency, and states were allowed to make their own, this caused trade between states to be very difficult.
The nation was quite poor from the Revolution and had loans from the French that it was unable to pay back. This was because the Confederation did not have the power to tax, the states were supposed to donate money to the government and as a result, when other states realized that some were not donating money, they refused to as well. Despite the lack of taxing for the nation, the states placed taxes on goods being traded in or through their territory from other states. However, trade was complicated by the fact that there was no national currency. A Virginia dollar could be worth more than a South Carolina dollar, or worth less than a New England gold coin.
Let’s take a look at some events that led up to this battle. Washington’s army had dwindled to some three thousand men; they had just escaped the pursuit of General Lord Cornwallis who had been victorious over the earlier summer and fall months in capturing New York and defeating the American Army in a series of battles. (British Battles.com) All this lead up to December eighth when the British Army reached Trenton, Delaware just after Washington and his men had passed over into Pennsylvania. Washington faced several dilemmas while he was with his men in Pennsylvania. One problem was the harsh winter that continued to make his fighting force dwindle in the number of abled bodied men.
All credit was stopped. 5. Shays rebellion led by Daniel Shay was to stop the Congress from foreclosing on the lands that the Farmers owned but could not pay for. In 1787, he lead about 1,000 farmers to attack the Springfield armory and attempted to shut down the courts. The states raised an army to stop the Shay’s Rebellion before it influenced other states to do the
No mention was made of the rebels' grievances. Kett and the rebels refused, but still hoped Edward would come to their aid. However, the city authorities in Norwich now stopped their supply of food. July 22 - Kett's rebels attacked and occupied Norwich. July 31 - Sir William Parr leads 1,500 foreign mercenary soldiers against the rebels, but is forced to withdraw to Cambridge.
This brought about a feeling of increasing control and restriction of American trade and industry that built up resentment, especially in New England where manufacturing goods for export to the southern colonies was already an important part of the local economy. To add to the feeling of restriction, soldiers were stationed at the colonies to maintain control and make sure they were keeping to Britain’s rule of not moving westwards. The king of England being so far away did not realise this resentment and hostility growing in the colonies and so a few years later came the series of
Many soldiers returning from the great war (expecting to get their old jobs back) caused a great surplus of workers. The farmers that didn't go to the city (to find work) go together to form the national progressives (third party for farmers) and they created the Maritimers rights movement to promote their interests. Not only were the returning soldiers faced with job loss but they were also faced with the rising prices, strikes, the new role of woman, and the prohibition (ban of liquor) making their settling in a lot harder. The strikes were pointless because it resulted in people getting charged, workers losing their jobs and nobody even payed attention to them. The ban of liquor didn't last long either.