Transcript Ga Const and AOC PowerPoint

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
AMERICA’S 1ST WRITTEN
CONSTITUTION
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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STRENGTHS
1st constitution
of the new nation
Central
government
Federalism –
power divided
between central
(national) gov’t
and individual
state gov’t
Congress could:
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Declare war
Sign treaties
Deliver mail
Create money
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
Georgia Constitution of 1777
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
Appointed by
executive
council
Very
little
power
Appointed
by legislature
1 year
term
GOVERNOR
EXECUTIVE
GA
Constitution
of 1777
STATE
JUDGES
JUDICIARY
LEGISLATIVE
Power to
appoint
Governor and
judges
LEGISLATORS
(lawmakers)
Have most
of the power
Uni-cameral
(1 house) called
the House of
Assembly
Constitution of the United States
Constitutional Convention of 1787
• Why did our Founding Fathers need to
revise/change the Articles of Confederation?
To create a stronger Federal (national / central)
government that would UNITE the young country.
• What happened to the Articles of Confederation?
The Founding Fathers wrote a new constitution
Who is called the “Father of the Constitution”
because he wrote most of it?
James Madison. The others who wrote the US
Constitution are called founding fathers/framers
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
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION of 1787
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EFFECT
ARTICLES
OF
CONFEDERATION
THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION
• State governments
had too much power
• National government
could not levy taxes,
enforce laws, or
control trade
• No executive branch
(President)
• No judicial branch
(no federal courts to
settle disputes
between the states)
Constitutional
Convention
of
1787
• Great Compromise:
Created a bi-cameral
legislature
• 3/5ths Compromise:
3 out of 5 slaves counted
toward population and
were also taxed
• Bill of Rights: 1st ten
amendments to the
Constitution guaranteeing
rights for citizens
• Federal government
becomes more powerful
• Separation of Powers
- Legislative branch
makes laws
- Executive branch
enforce laws
- Judicial branch
interpret laws
• Bi-cameral legislature
• House of Representatives
based on state population
• Senate – 2 Senators
from each state
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
Representatives from EACH STATE
based on POPULATION(total 435)
For Georgia:
Saxby Chambliss
Johnny Isakson
9 Justices
(8 plus the CHIEF
JUSTICE)
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:
1. A natural born citizen.
2. 35 years old or older
3. A resident of the US for a minimum of 14 years.
MAIN PRINCIPLES OF THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION
1. Separation of Powers—3 branches of govt.,
each with different duties and powers:
Legislative, Executive, Judicial (in both U.S. &
Georgia government)
2. Checks and balances—each branch given
some power to control or prevent some actions
of other branches
3. Federalism—National and state governments
share authority
RATIFYING/APPROVING/SIGNING THE
US CONSTITUTION
Why did Georgia ratify the new
U.S. Constitution?
• Wanted federal gov’t to have power to
unite the country
• Needed federal gov’t to help fight
Native Americans in order for
• Georgians to move westward
onto new lands
• 4th state to ratify on January 2nd, 1788
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.