Rag-money defeated in Massachusetts; the Shays insurrection 177-181 The insurrection suppressed by state troops 182 Conduct of the neighbouring states 183 The rebels pardoned 184 Timidity of Congress 185, 186 CHAPTER V. GERMS OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY. Creation of a national domain beyond the Alleghanies 187, 188 Conflicting claims to the western territory 189 Claims of Massachusetts and Connecticut 189, 190 Claims of New York 190 Virginia's claims 191 Maryland's novel and beneficent suggestion 192 The several states yield their claims in favour of the United States 193, 194 Magnanimity of Virginia 195 Jefferson proposes a scheme of government for the northwestern territory 196 Names of the proposed ten states 197 Jefferson wishes to prohibit slavery in the national domain 198 North Carolina's cession of western lands 199 John Sevier and the state of Franklin 200, 201 The northwestern territory 202 Origin of the Ohio company 203 The Ordinance of 1787 204-206 Theory of folkland upon which the ordinance was based 207 Spain, hearing of the secret article in the treaty of 1783, loses her temper and threatens to shut up the Mississippi River 208, 209 Gardoqui and Jay 210 Threats of secession in Kentucky and New England 211 Washington's views on the political importance of canals between east and west 212 His far-sighted genius and self-devotion 213 Maryland confers with Virginia regarding the navigation of the Potomac 214 The Madison-Tyler motion in the Virginia legislature 215 Convention at Annapolis, Sept 11, 1786 216 Hamilton's address calling for a convention at Philadelphia 217 The impost amendment defeated by the action of New York; last ounce upon the camel's back 218-220