Transcript Articles of Confederation and the Constitution

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.
A. Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation
1. The ______________________is
the first United
States Constitution
a. Ratified during the Revolution
__________ in order to create a
____________
Unified army
b. It created a loose Confederation of states creating a
“firm league of friendship”
_______________________
c. Created a ____________________where
each
One-house legislature
state has _________
One vote
1) Pass laws with __
9 out of 13 votes
2) Amending the Articles required ____________
All 13 states
d. Had no ____________or
Single leader national _____________
Court system
B. Accomplishments of the Articles of
Confederation
1. The Articles created a plan for the Systematic
_________________
growth
and development of the United States.
2. The ______________________:
Land Ordinance of 1785 established a s of land
surveying and settlement we still use today
3. The _______________________:
created a 3 step
Northwest Ordinances
process for the admittance of new states to the Union.
A. Step One – Congress would appoint a governor,
secretary, and three (3) judges for a territory.
B. Step Two – After ________
5,000 free male inhabitants
moved into the territory, they elected a legislature
and non-voting delegates to Congress.
C. Step three – When a territory had a population of
_______
60,000 free male inhabitants they could apply to
become a state.
C. Weaknesses of the Articles
1. They could not _____citizens
directly. They could ask the
tax
states for money, but they had no power to force the states
to give money to them.
a. Could not ___________________
Pay off war debts
b. Could not _____________who
fought in the Continental
Pay soldiers
army
Regulate commerce ________.
trade
2. They could not _____________________or
a. States become _____________and
________________
Competitors
Bitter enemies
3. They did not have the power to _______________.
Enforce laws
4. Any power not clearly given to the Confederation Congress
States
belonged to the _______.
5. They required all _____________
All 13 states to approve a change or
amendment in the Articles.
D. The Road to the Constitution
1. Weaknesses in the Articles began to show after the
__________was
over.
Revolution
a. During war had a _____________
Common goal
b. After war, each state government looked out for
their _____________
Own interests
2. States taxed their citizens excessively (______)
ironic
debts which led to a
1. Farmers could not pay ______,
rebellion known as _______________
Shays’ Rebellion
E. Shays’ Rebellion
1. ____________,
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
Rebellion
_________that
lasted from September 1786 to
March 1787, storming an _______
arsenal and disrupting
court business to stop the government from
taking more land from farmers.
2. Congress was __________to
stop the rebellion.
powerless
The Massachusetts state militia had to put down
the rebellion.
3. As a result of Shays’ Rebellion, many people
began calling for a _________________________
Stronger central government