Articles of Confederation and Constitutional Convention Objective 1.05

Articles of Confederation 1 st gov’t of the U.S. Britain acknowledged the independence of America with the Treaty of Paris on Sept. 3, 1783 The A.O.C. were proposed in 1777 and ratified by all states in 1781 Complete weaknesses chart

U.S. Expansion Land Ordinance of 1785 –Allowed gov’t to try to raise money by selling land in territory west of the original colonies

Expansion cont. Northwest Ordinance of 1787 –Created the 1 st organized territory of the U.S. in the Great Lakes region –Led to—Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota

Shay’s Rebellion Massachusetts 1786/87 Angry farmers led by Daniel Shays Farmers had no money due to war Were having land taken away and imprisoned for debt due to high land taxes

Impact of the Rebellion Showed weakness of the government Later influenced Mass. to ratify the Constitution in 1788

Constitutional Convention Met due to gov’t weaknesses May 25-Sept. 17, 1787 Meeting was COMPLETELY secret How do we know what happened?—James Madison 9 states had to ratify for it to become effective