1. A Growing Country, Growing Problems Hand in Ch 7 GR Packet Prepare for notes

2. Weak National Government  Foreign Affairs  Armed Forces  Borrow Money  Issue Money  Lacked –Regulate Trade –Force military Service –Impose taxes –Raise money

3. The States  Had most of the power under Articles  Could deny requests by the Central Gov’t  Semi-Autonomous

4. Under the Articles of Confederation  Congress was 1 vote per 1 state  9 in favor to pass law  13 in favor to amend articles  Very Difficult to get anything done  Why would the new nation create such a weak government?

5. THE GROWTH OF THE NEW COUNTRY THE POSITIVES OF A OF C

6. After Independence  Articles of Confederation approved in 1781

7. Growth  Proclamation of 1763 gone  Westward Settlement begins  Central Government to sell land for revenue.

9. Jefferson’s Idea  Divide into self governing districts  Certain population = petition for statehood

11. HOW TO SELL THE LAND?

12. Ordinance of 1785  Procedure for dividing and selling land  Township  6mi x 6mi / 36 sections of 640 Acres  Sold at 1 acre per 1 dollar

13. Statehood?

14. Northwest Ordinance  1787  Single District N of Ohio and E of Mississippi  60,000 could become a state  No Slavery  Law protecting rights –Trial By Jury –Freedom of religion

16. Work  Update your Articles of Confederation Worksheet from yesterday to include todays information  Western Land Claims Map Activity –Use maps on front table

17. Critical Thinking Activity  Create a Mind Map –Topic “Articles of Confederation” –Create and demonstrate connections between material and topic –Show relationships

18. Vocab Sheet Activity  217 / glossary

19. The Township System  Enrichment Activity 7-1

20. Warm Up  Prepare for Notes

21. Troubles with the Articles of Confederation

22. Land Sales Good, Other Problems Bad!  Foreign Problems  Money Problems  Economic Problems  Trade Problems

23. Foreign Problems  England  Failure to meet terms of Treaty of Paris 1783  Spain  Closed Mississippi

24. Unfair Trade  Britain closed West Indies to colonial trade  Customs duties source of money for Nat. Govt.

25. Money Problems  Debt  How, under the Articles of Confederation could the National Government run into money problems?

26. Economic Depression  Inflation – What is Inflation?  Slow economic activity  Unemployment up

27. Economic Depression  Crops in the South damaged  Most governmental money went to debt payments  Shortage of hard currency

28. Tough Times for Farmers  Many states taxed farmers  Farmers unable to pay  Lost farms and went to jail

29. 1786 - Shay’s Rebellion  Capt Daniel Shays  Western Massachusetts  Jefferson on the revolt - “A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.”

30. Weaknesses of the Articles  Ineffective national government  States too powerful –Clashes between the states  Economic Depression

31.  Why did we create a National Government that was so weak?  Were the states too powerful? Were they responsible for many of the issues?

32. Call for Change  Led By: –Alexander Hamilton – Lawyer –James Madison – Planter / Lawyer  Revise the Government!

33. The Annapolis Convention  Lack of ability to regulate commerce  States taxing each other unfairly

34. Its Time to Meet!  Constitutional Convention – May 1787

35. CT Northwest Territory

36. Illustrated Problems with the Articles  Grab a blank piece of paper, and in separate cells, illustrate the problems of the Articles of Confederation  Use color, and label each cell with what the problem

37. Writing Activity  Assume the role of James Madison:  Write a letter to a fellow politician urging them to meet to discuss the problems of the Articles of Confederation  Must be a 3 paragraph persuasive piece and include facts from our discussions of the Articles of Confederation

39. Vocab Activity  Complete for HW Due Wed 10/14  CONSTITUTION PERMISSION FORMS IN!