1. Standard
H4a: Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the Georgia Constitution of Today you will need your interactive notebook, guided notes handout, and the CRCT prep book (blue workbook) page 49.

2. Review: Three Branches of Government
Ensures laws are followed
Leader (president, governor, mayor)
Make Laws
Congress or Assembly
Determines whether laws are constitutional
Judges

3. Frayer Model: Government

4. Appointed by executive council
1 year term
Appointed by legislature
Appointed by executive council
GOVERNOR
STATE
JUDGES
Very little power GA
Constitution
of 1777
EXECUTIVE
JUDICIARY
LEGISLATIVE
Uni-cameral (1 house) called the House of Assembly
Power to appoint Governor and judges
LEGISLATORS
(lawmakers)
Have most of the power

5. Check for Understanding!
1. What was the main weakness of the Georgia Constitution of 1777? A. It created an independent executive branch B. It established two parts in the legislative branch C. It gave too much power to the legislative branch D. It placed too much importance on checks and balances. 2. Why did Georgians want to make a weak executive branch?

6. GEORGIA CONSTITUTION OF 1777
STRENGTHS
Separation of Powers
Formed 8 counties that each had its own government, court, school, and militia
Citizens were guaranteed freedom of religion, press, and trial by jury
WEAKNESSES
Uni-cameral legislature (one house) had too much power – appoint (choose) the Governor and judges
Governor served only a 1 year term
Only white men 21 and over with property could vote
Amending (changing) the constitution was difficult

7. GEORGIA CONSTITUTION OF 1777
Summary Sentence: Because the Americans just fought a king that abused his power, they made the executive branch weak and legislative strong.

8. Check for Understanding!
3. Under Georgia’s Constitution of 1777, governors were selected by… A. the legislature B. the citizens’ vote C. the chairman of each county D. appointed by judges 4. All of the following were reasons Georgia’s first constitution limited power of the governor except… A. there were no good candidates for governor B. they feared the governor would become a dictator C. in the past the governor showed too much loyalty to the king D. they believed the legislature, which was closer to the people, should have more power.

9. Standard
H4a: Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the Georgia Constitution of 1777 and the Articles of Confederation and explain how weaknesses in the Articles led to a need to revise the articles.
*Open notes quiz Monday. Keep track of yesterday’s notes, the worksheet, and the video questions.

12. Check for Understanding!
Leanne Keene, French ambassador, arrives from Paris to tell you France needs the money it lent to the colonies during the Revolution immediately. Can the Articles of Confederation solve this problem? Why or why not? Foreign countries do not respect American independence. Although the Treaty of Paris granted the United States all the land east of the Mississippi, Britain refuses to withdraw troops from the Ohio Valley. In addition, Spain closes the New Orleans port to American farmers. Can the Articles of Confederation solve this problem? Why or why not?

13. Standard
H4b: Describe the role of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention of 1787; include the role of Abraham Baldwin and William Few, and reasons why Georgia ratified the new constitution.

14. Review: Under the Articles of Confederation (our first constitution), who has all of the power?
The States?
The National/Federal Government? OR

15. Confederation Diagram
STATE GOVERNMENT
STATE GOVERNMENT
POWER
POWER
CENTRAL/ FEDERAL GOVT.
STATE GOVERNMENT
STATE GOVERNMENT
POWER
POWER

16. Virginia Plan

17. Making the Constitution Work for Everyone
VA PLAN
3 branches
Proportional representation (based on pop.)

18. Making the Constitution Work for Everyone

19. Making the Constitution Work for Everyone
VA PLAN
3 branches
Proportional representation (based on pop.)
NJ PLAN
3 branches
Equal representation
CT (Great) Compromise
2 houses
Senate: equal representation
House of Representatives: proportional representation

20. Check for Understanding!
1. At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the Great Compromise was introduced in order to A. end the debate over slavery B. separate Virginia and West Virginia C. maintain peace between England and America D. give equal representation to both large and small states

21. Making the Constitution Work for Everyone …except slaves
WHY: southern states didn’t want northern states to have more power & didn’t want slavery outlawed
HOW: slaves counted as 3/5 of a person & no slave laws could be written for 20 years

22. Check for Understanding!
2. The Three-Fifths Compromise was passed so that…
The southern states wouldn’t be too powerful in Congress.
African Americans could vote
The northern states wouldn’t be too powerful in Congress.
3/5 of the states would need to agree to pass a law

23. Georgia and the Constitutional Convection
GA delegates who signed the Constitution
Sided w/ VA plan, allowing the Great Compromise to pass
Helped establish University of Georgia
Legislator and judge in two states

24. Georgia and the Constitutional Convection
Favored a strong, centralized government
A strong government could help protect Georgia from conflict with Native Americans and the Spanish

25. Federal Government CENTRAL/ FEDERAL GOVT. STATE GOVERNMENT
POWER
POWER
CENTRAL/ FEDERAL GOVT.
POWER
POWER
STATE GOVERNMENT
POWER
POWER
STATE GOVERNMENT
POWER
POWER

26. Check for Understanding!
3. Why was Georgia one of the first states to ratify the United States Constitution? A. Georgia wanted assistance for the ongoing war with the Creek Indians. B. Georgians liked the idea of a weak central government that would leave them alone. C. Georgia wanted to have the government make a peace treaty with natives so they could live together peacefully. D. Georgia received a copy of the United States Constitution earlier than many of the other 13 colonies.

27. Check for Understanding!
4. Who were the two delegates from Georgia who signed the Constitution?
5. What role did Abraham Baldwin play in the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
He fought for the New Jersey plan (equal state representation)
He wrote the section concerning slavery practices.
He fought for the Virginia plan (proportional), allowing the Great Compromise to pass.
He encouraged William Few to sign the Constitution.