1. Right Now… In your groups:
What are two major problems the NEW United States must deal with after winning the Revolutionary War?

2. Thursday, December 3, 2015 Take Out: Notes/paper/etc. Writing utensil
Homework: Part II John Adams Reflections due TOMORROW!!!!
Today: New US Government
- What were two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

3. New US Government: Shaping a New Nation

4. Right Now…
1. What do you think are two of the biggest problems in the US after the Revolution?

5. Right Now…
1. What do you think are two of the biggest problems in the US after the Revolution?
2. Are the states (MA, CT, VA) or the national governments more important?

6. Right Now…
1. What do you think are two of the biggest problems in the US after the Revolution?
2. Are the states (MA, CT, VA) or the national governments more important?
3. What are two things you think people in the USA would WANT in a government?

7. Problems After the Revolution
Colonies are independent, separate groups

8. Problems After the Revolution
Colonies are independent, separate groups
Fear of: a king / tyrant in charge

9. Problems After the Revolution
Colonies are independent, separate groups
Fear of: a king / tyrant in charge
Fear of: Democracy
– idea that power is directly in hands of (uneducated) people

10. The Answer?
Republicanism: idea that governments should be based on the consent of the people
This means…

11. The Answer
Republicanism: idea that governments should be based on the consent of the people
This means…
- People vote for elected representatives

13. Difference between Democracy & Republicanism:

14. Individual States States created their own constitutions
Each state = own state government

15. More Problems for the Congress
Three Ongoing Problems/Debates
1. Representation: By population, or state?
2. Supreme Power: Who has ultimate control? The states, or the nation? Shared..?
3. New Treaty of Paris / Western Lands: Who gets them?

17. Solutions for the Congress
Three Solutions to these Debates:
1. Representation: each state receives 1 vote
2. Supreme Power: Articles of Confederation
state & federal levels share power
3. Western Lands: states give up western claims

18. Friday, December 4, 2015 Take Out: HW! John Adams Reflection
Notes/paper/etc.
Writing utensil
Homework: No HW this weekend
Today: New US Government
- What were two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Go over American Revolution Test

19. Right Now… To answer on your paper:
1. What were two fears of the Congress when they created a new government?
2. What is the difference between a democracy and a republic?
3. What were the Articles of Confederation?

20. Articles of Confederation
First constitution (system of laws) in US
A document
Go into effect in March of 1781
During American Revolution ( )
Approved by all 13 states

21. Articles of Confederation
A document – series of LAWS
adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1777
approved by the states in 1781
outlined the form of government of the new United States

22. Governing the Western Lands
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Plan to divide western land into new territories
A three stage plan to
become a state

23. Governing the Western Lands
Three Stages to Become a State
1. Congress appoints a governor
2. 5,000 voting residents = temporary constitution & elect their own government
3. 60,000 free inhabitants = Congress can approve statehood

24. Issues with Confederation
Organization of
Western lands
a success

25. Issues with Confederation
Organization of Western lands a success
However, many other issues because of Articles of Confederation

26. Issues with Confederation
Biggest Issue?
1. No National Unity
Each state functioned independently
2. Debt
Cannot collect taxes
Worthless continental currency
3. Each state = 1 vote in Congress

27. Issues with Confederation
4. Amendments (changes) need all 13 states to approve
Unanimous votes for any changes
5. Could not regulate foreign or interstate trade
6. British continue to live in forts by Great Lakes

28. Issues with Confederation
Main Problem at hand?
Lack of national unity

30. These issues? Are only going to get worse
This lack of unity will continue to cause PROBZ

31. Right Now: In your groups:
- Did the Articles of Confederation solve the original issues faced by the new USA?
- Why or why not?

32. Monday, December 7, 2015 Take Out: Today: Writing utensil Notes
Homework: Finish wksht on Shays’s Rebellion!
Heads Up  We WILL have a test before break on our Government Unit!!
Shaping a New Nation
What impact did Shays’s Rebellion have on the US?

33. In your groups…
What were the Articles of Confederation?

34. In your groups… What were the Articles of Confederation?
- What was one strength of the Articles?
- What was one weakness of the Articles?

36. Shays’s Rebellion

37. Shays’s Rebellion 1786: Summer & Fall
Led by Continental Army veteran Daniel Shays
1,200 Massachusetts farmers marched to close down courts
 could not go to courts for unpaid taxes

38. Shays’s Rebellion
Showed government too weak under Articles of Confederation

39. Shays’s Rebellion
Showed government too weak under Articles of Confederation
The response?
12/13 states meet in Philadelphia, PA for a convention about Articles
General George Washington elected presiding officer

40. Did all Americans think the Articles of Confederation were too weak?
Shays’s Rebellion
Did all Americans think the Articles of Confederation were too weak?
How did Americans react to Shays’s Rebellion?

41. Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Take Out: Today:
HW! Shays’s Rebellion Worksheet
Writing Utensil
Notes
Homework: Complete Anticipation Guide on Constitutional Convention
Shaping a New Nation
How did Shays’s Rebellion impact the new US government?

42. Shays’s Rebellion
HW Q: - How does Thomas Jefferson's letter about Shays's Rebellion challenge or expand on the textbook's information? - Use a direct quote from Jefferson's letter to support your response.

43. Shays’s Rebellion HW Q:
- How does Thomas Jefferson's letter about Shays's Rebellion challenge or expand on the textbook's information?
IN YOUR GROUPS:
Did TJ’s letter CHALLENGE or EXPAND?
WHY?
What quote did you use to support your answer?