The towns were indeed the center of local life but they knew that there had to be some sort of cooperation between them. Matters of defence and trade alone requires that. The Indians were still out there ans no one town could stand alone and what if some chap in the next town did not keep an agreement? The old Royal government were gone but they had set up 13 colonies, now states. In the minds of many,almost independent republics.
People saw themselves as members of their state: You were a New Yorker or Marylander not an AMERICAN!! The laws of your state were your concern and in that state your farm or business was. The 13 English colonies in many ways did not see them selves as part of the same nation in 1785. England had gone true. But Mass was still Mass and Virginia was still Virginia and that SIR was that!!
Yankee and Southerner did not like each other and New York did not like either of them.
But England, Spain and France was still out there and the Indian nations were a force to consider. Yet, most people, except those that marched during the war, never left their state. It was easier to go from Boston to London than from Boston to Richmond!
You elected the governor, if of course you were a taxpayer, and took your problems to the state legislature, if you had issues with another town.
The STATE was your STATE...But England and France and Spain....and the Indians...
The State government
Governor executed the laws
State legislature made laws for the state
State Courts settled legal problems between citizens of different towns.
People saw themselves as members of their state: You were a New Yorker or Marylander not an AMERICAN!! The laws of your state were your concern and in that state your farm or business was. The 13 English colonies in many ways did not see them selves as part of the same nation in 1785. England had gone true. But Mass was still Mass and Virginia was still Virginia and that SIR was that!!
Yankee and Southerner did not like each other and New York did not like either of them.
But England, Spain and France was still out there and the Indian nations were a force to consider. Yet, most people, except those that marched during the war, never left their state. It was easier to go from Boston to London than from Boston to Richmond!
You elected the governor, if of course you were a taxpayer, and took your problems to the state legislature, if you had issues with another town.
The STATE was your STATE...But England and France and Spain....and the Indians...
The State government
Governor executed the laws
State legislature made laws for the state
State Courts settled legal problems between citizens of different towns.
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