1. Articles of Confederation

2. EQ:
In what ways were the Articles of Confederation too weak to govern the United States of America?

3. Vocabulary Antifederalists Articles of Confederation Bill of Rights
Constitutional Convention
Federalism
Federalist
Great Compromise
Land Ordinance of 1785
New Jersey Plan
Northwest Ordinance
Republic
Shay’s Rebellion
Three-Fifths Compromise
Virginia Plan

4. “United we stand, divided we fall.”
Silas Deane

5. Articles of Confederation
Questions about the new government arose in the creation of the Articles.
How many votes should each state have (1 per state, or based on population)
Should individual states or the national government control western lands?
In order for all the states to ratify the A.O.C., all states forfeited their claims to western lands.

6. Powers of the Articles of Confederation
States Powers
National Powers
Set taxes
Wage war
Enforce laws
Make peace
Control western lands
Sign treaties
Have 1 vote in congress
Issue money

7. Moving West Move West beyond the Proclamation Line of 1763
Land Ordinance of stakes out 6 mile square plots in the West

8. Northwest Ordinance-
5,000 free males, who own at least 50 acres= elect an assembly
60,000 people in the territory= apply to become a state
Slavery outlawed
Rivers open to navigation
Freedom of religion
Trial by jury
Creates an order in creating our nation

9. Weaknesses v. Successes of the A.O.C.
Lacked power to enforce laws
Governed the nation during the Revolutionary War
Lacked power to levy taxes
Negotiated the Treaty of Paris at the end of the war
Lacked power to regulate trade between states
Passed the Land Ordinance of 1785
Required all 13 states to approve changes in the A.O.C.
Passed the Northwest Ordinance (1787)

10. Do the weaknesses of the Articles make it necessary for the states to come together and create a new form of government? Why? Why not?

11. Shay’s Rebellion
Massachusetts in an effort to pay off the war debt had high taxes
Most farmers could not pay off their individual debt
They would lose their lands and go to jail if they couldn’t pay off the debt
Daniel Shay led a group 1,500 men in rebellion (rebellion was very short lived.)
Showed the need for the national government to have more power