1. Ch. 5
A More Perfect Union

2. Chapter 5 Section 1: The Articles of Confederation Notes
The Big Idea: The Articles of Confederation provided a framework for a national govern’t.

3. Lesson One: The Articles of Confederation Background:
The US declares independence from England and now has to form a new government.
13 States met to work out a plan for a new national government which would be called the Articles of Confederation.
The Articles of Confederation was a constitution written during the American Revolution to establish the powers of the new national government. (*ratified in 1781)

4. Main Idea 1: The American people examined many ideas about government.
English laws that limited the power of the king were the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights.
The Enlightenment was a philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to examine old ideas and traditions.

5. Main Idea 1: The American people examined many ideas about government.
John Locke believed a social contract existed between political rulers and the people they ruled.
When government breaks the social contract by taking away your rights, you have the right to change the government or remove it.

6. Main Idea 1: The American people examined many ideas about government.
Baron de Montesquieu argued that the only way to achieve liberty was through the separation of powers.

7. American Models of Government
1. Early models of self-government were town meetings, the Virginia House of Burgesses, and the Mayflower Compact.

8. American Models of Government
2. Define Constitution: a constitution is a set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government.

9. American Models of Government
3. The constitution of each state limited government and protected the rights of citizens. 4. The Declaration of Independence clearly set forth the beliefs that Americans thought government should be based on.

10. American Models of Government
5. Thomas Jefferson’s ideas on religious freedom were written in the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. 6. Many state constitutions provided suffrage, or the right to vote, to most white men who paid taxes.

11. Main Idea 2: The Articles of Confederation laid the base for the first national government of the United States.
The Articles of Confederation created a national government with limited powers.
a. Congress could settle conflicts among states, make coins, borrow money, ask states for money and soldiers, and make treaties with other nations.

12. States had the power to refuse requests.
Main Idea 2: The Articles of Confederation laid the base for the first national government of the United States.
States had the power to refuse requests.
There was not a president or a national court system.

13. Main Idea 2: The Articles of Confederation laid the base for the first national government of the United States.
2. The Second Continental Congress passed the Articles of Confederation on November 15, 1777, and sent them to each state for ratification, or approval.

14. Main Idea 2: The Articles of Confederation laid the base for the first national government of the United States.
3. The first national government of the United States was established after the last state ratified the Articles in March 1781.

15. a) Ordinance provided for surveying and dividing land in the west.
Main Idea 3: The Confederation Congress established the Northwest Territory.
Congress passed Land Ordinance of to raise money to pay debts by selling public land.
a) Ordinance provided for surveying and dividing land in the west.

16. Land was split into townships.
Main Idea 3: The Confederation Congress established the Northwest Territory.
Land was split into townships.
Each township was divided into lots for sale to the public. 36 lots per township, 1 square mile per lot.
Saved one lot for a public school in each town and 4 lots for veterans.

17. Main Idea 3: The Confederation Congress established the Northwest Territory.
2. Congress passed Northwest Ordinance of a) Established Northwest Territory and a system for creating new states. When a state reached 60,000 people in population, they could apply for statehood and write a state constitution.

18. Required the provision of public education and banned slavery
Main Idea 3: The Confederation Congress established the Northwest Territory.
It included what are now the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
Required the provision of public education and banned slavery

19. USA 1783 Map Activity p. 6 (2 stamps)
Label and color the New England States RED
2) Label and color the Mid-Atlantic States PURPLE
Label and color the Southern States ORANGE
Label and color the Northwestern Territory States GREEN
Label and color British Canada BROWN
Label and color Spanish Florida and Spanish Louisiana YELLOW
Trace or Shade in BLUE bodies of water: Label the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and the Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior.

20. USA 1783 Map Activity p. 6 (2 stamps)
Label and color the New England States RED
2) Label and color the Mid-Atlantic States PURPLE
Label and color the Southern States ORANGE
Label and color the Northwestern Territory States GREEN
Label and color British Canada BROWN
Label and color Spanish Florida and Spanish Louisiana YELLOW
Trace or Shade in BLUE bodies of water: Label the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and the Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior.