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Articles of Confederation

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THE CRITICAL PERIOD

FOREIGN PROBLEMS: The United States under the Articles could not deal effectively with several foreign crisis. England refused to remove troops from several key forts in the Northwest Territory of the U.S. and would not allow the United States to trade in the British West Indies. Spain would not allow the United States to trade in the British West Indies. Spain would not allow the United States to use the mouth of the Mississippi River since it controlled the port of New Orleans. This caused severe problems for farmers in the Midwest who relied on the Mississippi River for trade. Also, pirating by the Barbary States of North Africa severely limited United States trade routes abroad.

NATIONAL DEPRESSION: A serious depression following the Revolutionary War caused problems throughout the United States. Since states controlled trade, many states placed tariffs on goods coming into their states to protect their own economies. This not only hurt the nationally economy, but adversely affected national unity as well.