1. Articles of Confederation and the Constitution
1.05 Identify the major domestic problems of the nation under the Articles of Confederation and assess the extent to which they were resolved by the new Constitution.

2. A. Articles of Confederation
The ______________________is the first United States Constitution
Ratified during the __________ in order to create a ____________
It created a loose Confederation of states creating a _______________________
Created a ____________________where each state has _________
Pass laws with __ out of 13 votes
Amending the Articles required ____________
Had no ____________or national _____________
Articles of Confederation
Revolution
Unified army
“firm league of friendship”
One-house legislature
One vote 9
All 13 states
Single leader
Court system

3. B. Accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation
Systematic growth
The Articles created a plan for the _________________ and development of the United States.
The ______________________: established a s of land surveying and settlement we still use today
The _______________________: created a 3 step process for the admittance of new states to the Union.
Step One – Congress would appoint a governor, secretary, and three (3) judges for a territory.
Step Two – After ________ free male inhabitants moved into the territory, they elected a legislature and non-voting delegates to Congress.
Step three – When a territory had a population of _______ free male inhabitants they could apply to become a state.
Land Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Ordinances
5,000
60,000

4. C. Weaknesses of the Articles
They could not _____citizens directly. They could ask the states for money, but they had no power to force the states to give money to them.
Could not ___________________
Could not _____________who fought in the Continental army
They could not _____________________or ________.
States become _____________and ________________
They did not have the power to _______________.
Any power not clearly given to the Confederation Congress belonged to the _______.
They required all _____________ to approve a change or amendment in the Articles.
tax
Pay off war debts
Pay soldiers
Regulate commerce
trade
Competitors
Bitter enemies
Enforce laws
States
All 13 states

5. D. The Road to the Constitution
Weaknesses in the Articles began to show after the __________was over.
During war had a _____________
After war, each state government looked out for their _____________
States taxed their citizens excessively (______)
Farmers could not pay ______, which led to a rebellion known as _______________
Revolution
Common goal
Own interests
ironic
debts
Shays’ Rebellion

6. E. Shays’ Rebellion Daniel Shays’
____________, a Massachusetts farmer, could not pay his high state taxes (b/c the Confederation Congress could not pay him) and the state was going to take his farm. He led a _________that lasted from September 1786 to March 1787, storming an _______ and disrupting court business to stop the government from taking more land from farmers.
Congress was __________to stop the rebellion. The Massachusetts state militia had to put down the rebellion.
As a result of Shays’ Rebellion, many people began calling for a _________________________
Rebellion
arsenal
powerless
Stronger central government