1. Post Revolutionary War

2. **ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES**
Warm-up (IN Page127 TOP)
The year is 1787, and your young country needs to reform its government. Now everyone is wondering what the new government will be like. You have been called to a convention to decide how the new government should be organized.
What will be your main goal in creating a new government?
How will you get the people at the convention to agree on important issues?
**ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES**

3. Copy this chart into your Notebooks (IN Page 128)
It can take up the entire page!

4. Confederation
A group of states united under a weak central government

5. What led to the Articles of Confederation?

8. Set-Up Cornell Notes IN Pages 129-130
Title: Confederation to Constitution
Essential Question: What led to the creation of the United States Constitution?

9. State Governments After the Revolution
All states created republics
Some used branches of government to separate power
Some had a Bill of Rights

10. The Articles of Confederation
During the American Revolution, the original 13 states ratified (or agreed to) a document called:
The Articles of Confederation.

11. The Articles of Confederation
Powers NOT GIVEN to the Federal Government in the Articles
Powers Given to Federal Government in the Articles
No power to enforce laws
No power to levy taxes
No power to regulate trade
Required all 13 states to approve changes to the Articles
Wage war
Make peace
Sign treaties

12. Western Lands
Issue: what should America do with their new western lands?
Solutions: Land Ordinance of 1785
Surveyors staked out six-mile-square plots
These plots were called townships
This land became known as the NW Territory (Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin & part of Minnesota)

13. Northwest Ordinance Describe how the NW Territory would be governed.
As population grew, the territory would gain political rights
5,000 men  elect an assembly
60,000 people  apply for statehood

14. Northwest Ordinance Other provisions of the Ordinance:
Outlawed slavery
Rivers were open to everyone
Freedom of religion
Trial by jury

15. Warm-up (IN Page 127 BOTTOM)
Describe state governments after the Revolutionary War.
State governments after the Revolutionary War…
What was the first government of the United States called?
The first government of the United States was…
What were the problems with our first government?
The problems with our first government were…
How did America solve the problem of what to do with Western lands?
America solved the problem of what to do with Western lands by…

16. The Weakness of the Articles of Confederation
Because the Federal government couldn’t levy taxes, they had no way of getting money to pay soldiers that had fought in the war.
This led to rebellions and violence.

17. Shays’ Rebellion (IN Page 131)
Read the section entitled Shays’ Rebellion from your textbook (pages )
Record the Who, What, When, Where & Why of this event.
Answer this question: Which side would you have supported during Shays’ Rebellion--- the farmers or the officials who called out the militia? Why?

18. Shays’ Rebellion
Who: Daniel Shays & Massachusetts farmers vs. Massachusetts Militia What: Rebellion where farmers attempted to take over an arsenal but were put down by the state militia. When:1787 Where: Massachusetts Why: The farmers were in debt and suffering from high taxes. They asked their legislature for help but were denied so they led a rebellion

19. The Constitutional Convention of 1787
Incidents such as Shays’ Rebellion and the need to establish interstate trade laws led to a convention in Philadelphia in 1787
Originally, these men came together to REWRITE the Articles of Confederation.
After much debate, they ended up trashing the Articles and writing an entirely new document: OUR UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

20. Constitutional Convention
Twelve states sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in Only Rhode Island refused to attend.
The 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention became known as our Founding Fathers.

21. Warm-Up (IN Page 158 TOP)
What was the first political document called in America?
The first political document in America was called…
Why did our initial form of government need to be changed?
Our initial form of government needed to be changed because…

22. Constitutional Compromises (IN Page 156 TOP)
Create this chart on the top half of your page:
The Great Compromise
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan

23. Constitutional Compromises (IN Page 156 BOTTOM)
Slave-Trade Compromise

24. Federalists and Anti -federalists
Once the Constitution was written, it had to be ratified – or agreed to by the states.
Those people in favor of the Constitution were called FEDERALISTS.
Those people opposed to the Constitution were called ANTI-FEDERALISTS.

25. Federalism Defined
Federalism is a system of government in which power is shared between the central or (federal) government and the state governments.

26. The Federalist Papers
Three well known politicians wrote The Federalist Papers and had them printed in New York newspapers.
The Federalist papers argued in favor of ratifying the Constitution.
John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison wrote the Federalist Papers.

27. The Bill of Rights
James Madison drafted the Bill of Rights and sent these ten amendments to the Constitution to the states for ratification.
In 1791 these rights became law.

28. Warm-Up (IN Page 161 TOP)
Write a 3-4 sentence summary of the War of 1812 including the causes of the war, which nations fought, and the outcome.

29. North vs. South (IN Page162)
Create this chart in your IN:
North
South
Climate
Geography
Population
Cities
Economy
Culture
Transportation

30. Warm-Up (IN page 161 BOTTOM)
Why do you think differences between the Northern states and the Southern states could have led to the Civil War?

31. North Climate: warm summers, snowy cold winters, short growing season
Geography: rocky & hilly, forest, bays along Atlantic coast, rivers

32. Population
South: Europeans & enslaved Africans, 1/3 of the population were slaves, ¼ of the population owned slaves (planters)
North: rapid population growth, European immigrants settled in the North (31 million)

33. Cities
South: Most lived on farms, some in small cities, very few large cities, plantations were like small towns
North: Large cities, trade centers with Europe, very organized (sanitation, education, police) but also crowded & dirty, lots of jobs

34. Economy
South: Based on agriculture (farming)- cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar and indigo, slavery was essential, against tariffs
North: many different industries-shipping, textiles, lumber, furs & mining, used subsistence farming, manufacturing, favored tariffs

35. Culture
South: upper class= planter class, recreation included fox hunting, dancing, horseracing, few schools or churches
North: Cities were important to culture, lots of new ideas came to the North, majority Protestant, religion and education were organized

36. Transportation
South: steamships & railroads allowed products to be shipped
North: surfaced roads, canals, rivers, railroads