Unit 2: The American Revolution

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Unit 2: The American Revolution Lesson 4: The Articles of Confederation

A New Government Prior to the war ending, the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation in 1777 as the colonies’ first form of centralized government The Articles were a plan for a loose union, or confederation, which would be under the authority of the Continental Congress -The Articles were designed to be weak because the colonies did not want a powerful central government WHY??

Articles of Confederation There were some strengths Adding new states-- Northwest Ordinance BUT…there were more weaknesses The central government was EXTREMELY WEAK Could not raise taxes Could not regulate trade Could not enforce treaties Very difficult to pass laws and amendments

A sign of weakness: Shays Rebellion To pay off it’s war debts, Massachusetts raised taxes, which heavily affected farmers When farmers couldn’t pay the high taxes, their farms were taken Daniel Shays, a Massachusetts farmer and former captain in the Continental Army, led a short lived rebellion against the state in protest against the taxes Click on the words, Shay’s Rebellion” to view a short video explaining the causes of the rebellion. The video is also saved in the US-U2-L4 folder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ImIEcsTEVo

Why the Articles Failed The Articles proved to be too weak The central government was too limited in what it could do

Time to change Though unsuccessful, Shays’ Rebellion caused concern for those in power that states might take property away from the wealthy Shays’ Rebellion, and the weaknesses of the Articles, convinced the Confederation Congress that a convention of the states needed to be called in order to revise the Articles In May 1787, delegates met in Philadelphia at the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles

Constitutional Convention The delegates in Philadelphia decided not to revise the Articles, but rather to write an entirely new document The delegates kept the meetings a secret, as not to have outside pressure and opinions put upon them

Exit Ticket! Which weakness of the Articles of Confederation do you think was the most damaging to the new Republic? What was the original goal of the Constitutional Convention?