Volume Ii Part 2 (2/2)

Stark.

Dan Morgan.

Other Generals.

Colonel Was.h.i.+ngton.

De Kalb.

Robert Morris, Financier.

Franklin, Diplomatist.

Was.h.i.+ngton.

Military Ability.

Mental and Moral Characteristics.

Honesty.

Modesty.

Encomia upon Him.

CHAPTER IX. THE OLD CONFEDERATION

The Revolutionary Congress.

The Articles of Confederation.

Synopsis.

Congress.

Its Powers.

Advantages of the Confederation.

Critical State of Affairs after the War.

State Sovereignty.

Antagonized by Existence of the Articles.

Faults of the Confederation.

No Power over Individuals.

Treaties.

Taxation.

War Debt.

Mutinous Spirit in Army.

Was.h.i.+ngton's Steadfastness.

Congress Menaced.

Discord of Commercial Laws.

England's Hostile Att.i.tude.

Needed Amendments to the Articles.

Lack of a Central Power.

Northwest Territory.

Ordinance of 1787.

Its Excellence.

The Ohio Company.

Settlement at Marietta.

CHAPTER X. RISE OF THE NEW CONSt.i.tUTION

Anarchy after the Revolution.

Shays' Rebellion.

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