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Associations of British ColumbiafondsRevised by Erwin Wodarczak 1998University of British Columbia ArchivesTable of ContentsFonds DescriptionoTitle Dates of Creation Physical DescriptionoAdministr. How did we get the government we have?. Philosophical Precursors. Social Contract Theory . Montesquieu. Thomas Hobbs and John Locke. Social Contract. Declaration of Independence. HOBBES LOCKE MONTESQUIEU. Constitution Making in the States. In 1776, . the Continental Congress called upon the colonies to draft new constitutions. The sovereignty of these new states, according to the theory of republicanism, would rest on the authority of the people. . What would you do in your new constitution?. British Government . Taxed citizens unfairly.. What did we do? Articles of Confederation. Gave congress no power to collect taxes.. British Government . Controlled the colonists in every way.. –. Part II. Economics. … the deciding factor in politics. Mercantilism. . . –. an economic system based on colonialism, in which the home country uses raw goods (resources) imported from t. &. The Constitution. The central fact of the Articles was that they "established a form of government in which Americans were citizens of their own states first and the United States second.". . c. 1867. By 1867…. Confederation is on the horizon. People of African descent had a presence in almost all regions of the soon to be born country. Who were they??? (Keep in mind the population may be DESCENDANTS of these groups). Ms. Dow. Socials 10. What is Confederation?. In it’s simplest terms = an act of union. . Click here for an intro video . . . Pros and Cons of Confederation. Complete the chart using pages 100-111 in your textbook.. The Gold Rush Fades. By the mid-1860s, the . gold rush . that had brought tens of thousands of . fortune. seekers to BC was beginning to . fade. This meant that the . colonies of. BC and Vancouver Island were quickly losing their main source of . This was our 1. st. National Government. 1 House (unicameral) legislature (congress). Each state would have only 1 vote. 9 states to pass a law. The only way to amend (change) the constitution was to have all states agree. What is a constitution?. Why were the Articles of confederation written?. When were the Articles of Confederation written?. Do we still follow the Articles of Confederation today?. Name the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.. 315 -207 West Hastings Street Vancouver BC V6B 1H7 Office6046464677 EmailinfocufabccawwwcufabccaMEDIA RELEASECUFA BC Faculty mourn the deaths of 215 children from former Kamloops Indian Residential Sc ANELS WARDSloi Laurent On his book Measuring Tomorrow Accounting for Well-Being Resilience and Sustainability in thengs On his book A Most Enterprising Country North Korea in the Global Economy Cornel As the end of the American Revolution approached and it seemed possible that the colonies may claim victory, the Continental Congress met to create a plan to govern their new country. . In 1781 the Articles of . 1. East African Trade Union Confederation Workshop-Zanzibar. Publish What You Pay: Branding Value Chain-Extractive Industries Transparency and Accountability. Monday, May 14 2012. East African Trade Union Confederation Workshop-Zanzibar.