*NOTE: You are viewing a chapter from the archived, “First Edition” version of the American Yawp, which stopped receiving updates in spring 2026. Click here to access the current, updated edition* I. IntroductionII. Shays’s RebellionIII. The Constitutional ConventionIV. Ratifying the ConstitutionV. Rights and CompromisesVI. Hamilton’s Financial SystemVII. The Whiskey Rebellion and Jay’s TreatyVIII. The French Revolution … Continue reading 6. A New Nation