1. Problems of the New United States

2. Debt!! America was in tremendous debt, both to other countries and to individual citizens, and the situation was getting worse.

3. Debt!! America was in tremendous debt, both to other countries and to individual citizens, and the situation was getting worse.

4. Southerners Didn’t Like the Ham Plan Many people opposed the plan, because they thought that some people would lose too much money. Southerners also didn’t like this because they didn’t have as much debt as the North.

5. Southerners Didn’t Like the Ham Plan Many people opposed the plan, because they thought that some people would lose too much money. Southerners also didn’t like this because they didn’t have as much debt as the North.

6. France!! France sent Edmond Genet to get Americans to help fight against the British. Bon Jour!

7. France!! France sent Edmond Genet to get Americans to help fight against the British.

8. The Whiskey Rebellion The Whiskey Rebellion – farmers revolted when forced to pay a tax in cash on whiskey because they rarely had cash.

9. The Whiskey Rebellion The Whiskey Rebellion – farmers revolted when forced to pay a tax in cash on whiskey because they rarely had cash.

10. Native American Trouble Native Americans claimed land north of the Ohio River.

11. Native American Trouble Native Americans claimed land north of the Ohio River.

12. The British (again)!! The British were capturing American ships that were trading with France.

13. The British (again)!! The British were capturing American ships that were trading with France.

14. The XYZ Affair!! In the XYZ Affair, French foreign minister Charles de Talleyrand tried to bribe American diplomats who were trying to meet and avoid war. The three French diplomats were known as X, Y, and Z. Anyone care for a bribe?

15. The XYZ Affair!! In the XYZ Affair, French foreign minister Charles de Talleyrand tried to bribe American diplomats who were trying to meet and avoid war. The three French diplomats were known as X, Y, and Z.

16. Foreigners!! Americans were suspicious of foreigners due to the above problems with both France and England.

17. Foreigners!! Americans were suspicious of foreigners due to the above problems with both France and England.

18. And now… States that almost existed…but didn’t.

20. 'TEXLAHOMA' URGED AS THE 49TH STATE; Border Section of Texas and Oklahoma Considers Itself Forgotten Land. E-MAIL By DALE MILLER. May 26, 1935, Sunday Section: REVIEW OF THE WEEK EDITORIALS, Page E6, 466 words GALVESTON, Texas, May 23. -- Texlahoma, a forty-ninth State in the Union, comprised of counties in Western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, with a combined population exceeding a million, would be created if a proposal being placed before citizens of both States were approved. [ This is from the New York Times.

21. American pioneer Daniel Boone also had a thing for the "sylvania" suffix. If he'd had his way, Kentucky would have been called Transylvania and we'd be placing bets on horses at the Transylvania Derby. Boone hoped to call the colony's capital Boonesborough, but much to the explorer's chagrin, North Carolina and Virginia voted against Transylvania's existence. From WBUR.org

22. North Carolina buffs might recall the “Lost State of Franklin,” when several disgruntled western counties tried to secede from the Tar Heel State and form their own, shortly after the American Revolution. (Benjamin Franklin was actually still living at the time; he didn’t like the idea.) “Franklin” eventually became the pointy tip of east Tennessee and the mountaineers were generally as disgruntled with the Volunteer State as they were with the Tar Heels. From http://books.blogs.starnewsonline.com/11684/lost-states-of-mind/

23. Brigham Young, Mormon leader decided to move the Mormons west to a place that had no white settlements. Thus began the Mormon exodus to the Salt Lake basin in the mid-1840s. It wasn't long before Young petitioned Congress to create a new state for his people. Although the Mormon leader wanted a giant property, he skillfully drew boundaries to avoid conflicts with established outposts such as the California gold fields or Oregon's newly popular Willamette Valley. And he made sure to grab a bit of coastline in southern California. At this point in history, southern California was pretty empty. Hard to imagine. Young's super-sized state never came to be, mostly because of an anti-Mormon bias then pervasive in American culture. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125142955