October 17, 2014 Turn in all late work –Vocabulary List #7 –Facebook Profile Sheet Add the following to your table of contents: –Articles of Confederation Notes #26 Warm-Up: Finish DOI questions from yesterday

The Articles of Confederation America’s 1 st Constitution The first system of government designed by the Founding Fathers was a Confederation. Under a Confederate system, the National or Central Government is given only a few powers, while most of the power is given to the States. Why did the Founding Fathers Choose a Confederation plan of government?

The Articles of Confederation During the Revolution, the new U.S. needed a working government States would keep sovereignty (self rule) Due to past experience with the British, Americans were afraid that a strong central government would create tyranny, and stamp out the peoples natural God given rights

Accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation Ran the 7-year Revolutionary war effort Negotiated the Treaty of Paris with Britain in 1783 Established the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Map of the land settled in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Northwest Ordinance Congress would appoint a territorial governor. When a territory reached 5,000 voting residents, the settlers could write a temporary constitution and elect their own government. When population of territory reached 60,000, settlers could apply for statehood. Map of the land settled under the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Created a clear, orderly process by which new territories in the west could become states.

The Articles of Confederation America’s 1 st Constitution Strengths and Weaknesses of the AOC

The Articles of Confederation Congress was given the power to: America’s 1 st Constitution Declare War & Establish an Army/Navy No Power to Draft Soldiers No power to raise funds for an army or navy

The Articles of Confederation Congress was given the power to: America’s 1 st Constitution Make Peace & Sign Treaties No Power to Enforce Treaties or trade agreements H ear disputes among the states related to trade or boundaries

The Articles of Confederation Congress was given the power to: America’s 1 st Constitution Borrow Money No Power to Collect Taxes from the States to repay loans

The Articles of Confederation Congress was given the power to: America’s 1 st Constitution Organize a Post Office No Power to Collect Taxes from the States to run post office

The Articles of Confederation Congress was given the power to: America’s 1 st Constitution No Chief Executive No national court system No Power to regulate (control) Interstate Commerce (trade) No National Currency Difficult to Pass laws (2/3 vote)

The Articles of Confederation Congress was given the power to: America’s 1 st Constitution Difficult to Amend the Articles (unanimous vote needed to change the articles)

US Difficulties after the War Britain refused to turn over its forts in U.S. territory to American control. Britain closed off trade with the British West Indies and imposed high tariffs on American merchants. Tariffs are taxes on imports and exports. Spain closed the lower Mississippi to shipping.

US Difficulties after the War England closed markets in the British West Indies and imposed high tariffs (taxes on imports/exports) on American merchants. This caused American exports to drop. Cheap British goods flowed into the United States. The Confederation Congress had no authority to pass tariffs, or order states to pass tariffs, to help correct unequal trade with Britain States worked independently to increase their own trade instead of improving the situation for the whole country. American merchants were forced to look for new markets in China, France, and the Netherlands.

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October 21, 2014 Turn in all late work Warm-Up (ON THE INDEX CARD): – The purpose of the Federalist papers was to A. encourage literacy B. persuade Americans to support the Constitution C. sue the Anti-federalists D. Create the blueprints of the federal government Turn to assignment #26

The American Revolution ended in 1783 The money paid to the soldiers who had fought in the Revolution was worthless. This was because the government was not allowed to raise taxes in the Articles of Confederation. As a result, the farmers were unable to pay their debts. Shays’ Rebellion

The farmers were taken into court, then into jail, and their land was taken away from them. In 1786, Daniel Shays led an armed revolt by farmers against the state government. The farmers began to forcibly prevent the courts from meeting so they couldn’t take anyone else’s land away or put them in jail. Early in 1787, the Governor sent 4,400 men against the rebels and the rebels were defeated. Soldiers fire on protesters during Shays’ Rebellion

Shays’ Rebellion showed the leaders of America that the Articles of Confederation were too weak, and a stronger national government was needed. The nation needed to function as ONE united country & not 13 small unorganized nations. This would lead to the creation of a whole new constitution Results of Shays’ Rebellion Constitutional Convention