Journal #8 Oct. 22

The American frontier is the Wild West that has not been inhabited by Americans yet. The pioneer spirit is the high moral if exploration and the drive for money and land in a new part of the country. The American Dream is the dream to be successful and wealthy in a new land. Moving West opened new opportunities for people who had a lack of money. In my mind the American dream has not changed people still want to be successful. 

Journal #7 October 8, 2013

If a country owes another country money and they are unable to pay their debts a dispute can occur and conflict can persist. The Constitution created a more powerful central government while the Articles created a legal bases for a permanent union. Because people where oppressed by the high taxes of Britian they did not want the same to occur in the new country. The role let each state determine how it would choose the presidential electors equal to the number of representatives and senators.

Journal #5 October 5, 2013

Americans now had to deal with inflation due to the American Revolution. They also had to deal withy the hatred if the Natives who did not want them to win. They also had to have a military and build up their ability to keep their independence. They also needed to build a navy to support their army. America was still had no government and needed to build that up to keep the country a country.