A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . re theRevolution that Daniel Robnemade his way into Kentucky, andthe concjuest of that virgin terri-tory began. About the same timethe settlement of Tennessee com-menced. Some settlers had madetheir way into the Ohio practically the Revolution capture of Daniel over before the settlement of the great West fairly began. Condition of the Country after the War.—Though thecountry had peace after the surrender at Yorktown, it wasotherwise in a desperate strait. Its commerce was destroyed,its money was
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . re theRevolution that Daniel Robnemade his way into Kentucky, andthe concjuest of that virgin terri-tory began. About the same timethe settlement of Tennessee com-menced. Some settlers had madetheir way into the Ohio practically the Revolution capture of Daniel over before the settlement of the great West fairly began. Condition of the Country after the War.—Though thecountry had peace after the surrender at Yorktown, it wasotherwise in a desperate strait. Its commerce was destroyed,its money was worthless, its trade and manufactures wereneglected. Towns and villages had been ruined and cropsdestroyed. The soldiers earnestly petitioned Congress fortheir pay, but received no redress ; Congress was helpless ;the treasury was empty.^ Washington was invited by some ^ During the war Robert Morris, an Englishman by birth, but a mem-ber of the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration, workedas effectively in one way for American independence as did Washington. 234 FROM COLONIES TO UNITED STATES. ambitious spirits to make himself king, a proposition wliichhe indignantly rejected. Violent measures to obtain redressfor their wrongs were proposed by some officers, but Wash-ington quieted them by wise advice, and on April 19,1783,the eighth anniversary of Lexington, the soldiers were al-lowed to go home on furlough. The army was formallydisbanded in November. Soldiers in Mutiny; Taxes not Paid.—During the fol-lowing June a band of drunken soldiers in Philadelphiabecame so violent in their demands for their pay that Con-gress in alarm fled from the city. As for the taxes, theywere not paid. Of those assessed on the States in 1783only one-fifth had been paid in 1785. Congress could onlyask for money. It could not enforce its payment. The Articles of Confederation.—In truth, though Con-gress had named the new nation The United States of Amer-ica, its union was a very f
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