The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . f nothing. 182 THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN NATION there was an effort to get the consent of the states to a nationalcommercial system, but they refused to consider the and agricultural products shipped from one state toanother were heavily taxed, and this naturally caused a greatdeal of bad feeling.^ It was, indeed, a critical period. The union of the states, whichhad been formed under the pressure of a common dan-disunion ^®^ ^^^ ^^ become a very loose one. Each state wasvirtually independent, and it heed
The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . f nothing. 182 THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN NATION there was an effort to get the consent of the states to a nationalcommercial system, but they refused to consider the and agricultural products shipped from one state toanother were heavily taxed, and this naturally caused a greatdeal of bad feeling.^ It was, indeed, a critical period. The union of the states, whichhad been formed under the pressure of a common dan-disunion ^®^ ^^^ ^^ become a very loose one. Each state wasvirtually independent, and it heeded the Federal gov-ernment or not, as it pleased. European statesmen had no confi-dence whatever inthe stability of theFederal union. Wiseleaders in Americasaw that the stateswould fall apart andbecome separatecommunities, unlessthe powers of theFederal governmentwere strove to se-cure from the statesconcessions whichwould give strengthto the nation andprevent its dissolu-tion. The Annapolis Con-vention. 1786. — In1785 the VirginiaAssembly passed a. Independence Hall, Here the Declaration of Independence and the Con-stitution were sisrned. resolution invitingthe states to senddelegates to a con- 1 This was especially true of produce shipped from Connecticut and from NewJersey to New York City; a great deal of smuggling; and fighting resulted. THE FORMATION OF A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 183 vention to be held at Annapolis, in order to consider a nationalsystem for the regulation of commerce. When the conventionmet the next year, only five states were represented, and there-fore the consideration of commercial regulations was delegates, however, adopted an address written by AlexanderHamilton, recommending to the states that a convention be heldat Philadelphia, to take such steps as might render the Articlesof Confederation effective. The states generally approved, andthe Congress authorized that the convention be held. The Federal Conventi
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