Warm Up O Please answer the following question in your binder: O What were some of the flaws of the Articles of Confederation?

Agenda O Announcements/ Housekeeping O FRQ #1 due Wednesday, 10/30 by 3:30 PM O Unit 3 Exam – 11/6 (Q1 exam) O RCQ make- ups by today! O Complete Notes on Articles of Confederation O Visiual Discovery Activity O Exploring the reasons behind the Articles O HW: ; blog post (due 8 AM Monday)

America under the Confederation O After the war, the success and unity of the nation was far from assured O The Articles of Confederation O First written constitution of the U.S. O Ratified in 1781 O Attempt to balance O National unity O Fear of centralized power

America under the Confederation O How it worked: O One House Congress O Each state has ONE vote O No president O 9/13 votes required for major changes O No power to: O Tax O Regulate trade

America under the Confederation O Congress and the West O Northwest Ordinances of 1784, 85, & 87 O Settlers and the West: O They ignored Indian land titles, O demanded the government sell or give away the land, and often settled land to which they had no legal title. O Many national leaders worried that these settlers were unruly and disorderly and O would incite war with Indians, and they sought to regulate western settlement.

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company Map 7.1 Western Lands, 1782–1802

America under the Confederation O The Land Ordinances: O called for the eventual establishment of three to five states north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River. O This ensured Jefferson’s “empire of liberty.” O The U.S. would not rule its territories as a colonial power, but allow these lands to become equal parts of the political system as self-governing states.

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition Copyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company Map 7.2 Western Ordinances, 1785–1787

America under the Confederation O The Confederation’s Weaknesses O Couldn’t collect revenue O Unable to pay debts from the Revolutionary War O Led to an economic crisis in the 1780s O Unable to pay rent or taxes, banks began to seize people’s property/ land

Shays’s Rebellion O Facts: O Late 1786 – early 1787 O Debt- ridden farmers closed the courts in Western Mass to prevent the seizure of their lands O Led by Daniel Shays, a veteran of the Revolutionary War O Quickly subdued by Massachusetts Army O Significance: O convinced influential Americans for the need for a stronger nat’l gov’t!

O James Madison O Virginian O Disciple of Thomas Jefferson O Led the movement to  national gov’t O Joined by Alexander Hamilton (NY) O Coalition included: O Army officers, members of Congress, financiers, urban artisans O Wanted Congress to be able to generate $$$$ O September 1786, six delegates met in Annapolis, MD O Discussed ways to fix Articles of Confederation O Proposed another gathering in Philadelphia to amend the articles O Shay’s Rebellion was a significant contributing factor in garnering support for this idea