1. Our First Constitution: The Articles of Confederation

2. Placard 1.3 A

3. Did not want another powerful executive like KING GEORGE
A: No Chief Executive
Why Included?
Problem?
Did not want another powerful executive like KING GEORGE
Lack of leadership in CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
No single leader
DISUNITY

4. Placard 1.3B

5. B: Laws Needed 9/13 to be Approved
Why Included?
Problem?
To protect individual states’ rights power.
Fear of strong central government
Difficult to get 9 states to agree on new laws
Central/national/federal govt. had little power

6. Placard 1.3 C

7. C: Congress had no power to tax citizens
C: Congress had no power to tax citizens. It could only request money from states
Why Included?
Problem?
Fear of being Unfairly taxed, like before revolution
States could choose to pay
Govt. had no money to operate

8. Placard 1.3D

9. D: Congress had no power to draft an army.
Why Included?
Problem?
Fear of central Government with strong army that may take away citizens’ rights.
Left the country vulnerable without a dependable military force

10. Placard 1.3E

11. E: No National Court System
Why Included?
Problem?
Fear that the central govt. with a court system that may be unfair to STATES RIGHTS
States could be biased
Unfair trials in one states court

12. Placard 1.3F

13. F: Amendments/ Changes had to be approved by all 13 states
Why Included?
Problem?
Wanted states to have equal power in shaping govt.
Impossible to make changes
Any one state could stop an amendment that other states wanted

14. Placard 1.3G

15. G. Congress could not collect state debts owed to federal government
Why Included?
Problem?
Fear that central govt. could force states to pay for things they didn’t want
Federal government had no money to operate

16. Placard 1.3H

17. H: Congress had no power to settle disputes
Why Included?
Problem?
Wanted states to have ultimate authority to settle disputes
Disputes were often unresolved
DISUNITY