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Unit 4: Statehood Articles of Confederation & Georgia Constitution of 1777 CCGPS: SS8H3a- Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of both the Georgia Constitution of 1777 and the Articles of Confederation and explain how weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led to a need to revise the Articles.
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Graphic Organizer: Strengths & Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation StrengthsWeakness
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Articles of Confederation Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation were the 1 st form of constitution for the USA. They were written at the same time the Declaration of Independence was written. It set up a system of government that divided power between the national government and the individual state governments. Congress was the national body of government (unicameral).
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Articles of Confederation Strengths of the Articles of Confederation were that Congress could do the following: 1.declare war 2.sign treaties 3.deliver mail 4.create money But the individual states had the most power. Each state could do the following: 1.collect its own taxes 2.issue its own money 3.support its own military 4.had 1 vote in Congress Individual State Power
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Articles of Confederation Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation were that Congress: 1.lacked power to enforce laws 2.lacked power to levy (raise) taxes; therefore, Congress could not repay the $42 million debt from the American Revolutionary War. 3.lacked power to regulate (control) trade among states 4.required all 13 states to approve changes in the articles 5.Lacked power to create a national military
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Georgia Constitution of 1777 Weaknesses of the Georgia Constitution of 1777: Unicameral legislature (1 house)-This gave too much power to the legislative branch The legislature elected the Governor-John Treutlen was the state of Georgia’s 1 st Governor John Treutlen
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