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Diplomatic Weaknesses and Foreign Threats Under the Confederation
Describe the foreign policy challenges the national government could not resolve, including British frontier forts and Spanish blockades of the Mississippi River.
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Forming a National Government: The Articles to the Constitution
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Describe the powers and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, examine the crises facing the young republic, and explain why the Constitutional Convention convened.
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