Transcript AOC vs Const - Burdell

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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STRENGTHS
1st constitution of
the new nation
Central
government
Federalism –
power divided
between central
(national) gov
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and individual
state gov
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Congress could:
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Decla re w ar
Sig n t re a tie s
Delv
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Cre a te m oney
WEAKNESSES
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Weak national gov’t
State gov’t too strong
Uni-cameral legislature (Congress)
States only had 1 representative and
1 vote in Congress (law makers)
No executive branch or president
No national court system
Could not tax the states to raise
money
Could not regulate (control) trade
Could not enforce laws
Each state had its own currency and
militia
Too difficult to amend (change) the
Articles
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION of 1787
MAKES LAWS
ENFORCES/ CARRIES OUT LAWS
INTERPRETS LAWS
Term: 4 yrs
Max 2 terms
BI-CAMERAL (2 houses/groups)
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
2 Senators from EACH
Term: 6 yrs STATE (Total 100)
Term: 2 yrs
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p resentativ es from EACH STATE
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For Georgia:
Johnny Isakson
David Perdue
9 Justi ces
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Chief Justice John Roberts
Term: Life
From the Constitution:
No person except a natural born Citizen, or a
Citizen of the United States, at the time of the
Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the
Office of President; neither shall any Person be
eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to
the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years
a Resident within the United States.
So, the president must be:
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Was the Constitution perfect?
NO
AMENDMENTS
• There are only a total of 27
• The first 10 amendments are called the
Bill of Rights and are what Americans
consider our basic rights.
– Were added to the U.S. Constitution so that
the states would ratify the US Constitution
because some people felt if they were not
written down, these rights could be taken
away.
ABRAHAM BALDWIN
WILLIAM FEW
BOTH MEN WERE
REPRESENTATIVES
FROM GEORGIA
WHO HELPED
CREATE AND SIGN
THE UNITED
STATES
CONSTITUTION.
ABRAHAM BALDWIN
PLAYED A BIG ROLE
IN THE GREAT
COMPROMISE THAT
HELPED CREATE A
BI-CAMERAL
LEGISLATURE
WILLIAM FEW
HELPED WRITE THE
CONSTITUTION
Why did Georgia ratify (approve)
the Constitution?
The Great Compromise
(Bi-Cameral Legislature)
The 3/5 Compromise
(slaves counted but only as 3/5 of a person)
The Bill of Rights
(protecting the rights of the citizens)
One More
Thing
GEORGIA CONSTITUTION OF 1777
STRENGTHS
• Separation of gov’t
Powers
• 8 Counties (local
government) each
county had its own
government, court,
school, and militia
• Citizens were
guaranteed freedom
of religion, press,
and trial by jury
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WEAKNESSES
Uni-cameral legislature
(one house) had too
much power – appoint
(choose) the Governor
and judges
Governor served only a 1
year term
Only white men 21 and
over with property could
vote
Amending (changing) the
constitution was difficult
Main Points- Constitution of 1777
Georgia started off with 3 branches of
Government (Executive, Legislative, Judicial)
The Legislative had most of the power.
Governor was weak (head of the
executive for a state)
Judges appointed by the Legislature
Unicameral Legislature (one house)
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