PDF-ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

9351231VerDate 03FEB20030948 Mar 04 2003Jkt 082300PO 00000Frm 00945Fmt 0869Sfmt 0869DDOCS82300TXTSSC2PsN SSC2ARTICLESOFCONFEDERATIONVerDate 03FEB20030948 Mar 04 2003Jkt 082300PO 00000Frm 00946Fmt. Sixteen of the individuals who signed the Articles of Confederation also signed the Declaration of Independence Congress approved the Articles of Confederation in 1777 and a copy was sent to each of the thirteen states for ratication The rst signing Georgia Studies. SS8H4 The student will describe the impact of events that led to the ratification of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.. a. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of both the Georgia Constitution of 1777 and the Articles of Confederation and explain how weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led to a need to revise the Articles.. 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.. Kevin R. Hardwick. Spring 2012.  . LECTURE . 10. The . “Critical Period:” 1781-1787. GHIST 225: US History. Kevin R. Hardwick. Spring 2012.  . Part One: . The . Articles of . Confederation. Part Two: . Georgia Studies. SS8H4 The student will describe the impact of events that led to the ratification of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.. a. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of both the Georgia Constitution of 1777 and the Articles of Confederation and explain how weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led to a need to revise the Articles.. Objectives: Students will be able to identify the strengths and weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.. Question: What power that our government holds do you think is the most important? Why?. !. CONTRASTING . THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION . AND . THE CONSTITUTION. IF IT’S BROKEN, FIX IT!. Remember that in the Preamble to the Constitution, one of the goals of the new government was to “form a more perfect union.” This phrase was in direct response to the problems the country was having under the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation did NOT form a “perfect union” or even unite the states very much at all. Under the Articles of Confederation, each state still wanted to act like its own separate country. Therefore, the important fact to remember about our U.S. Constitution was that it was a direct response to the problems created by the weak central government under the Articles of Confederation. Even more significantly, the purpose of our Constitution is to protect the rights of citizens by providing rules that the national and state governments must follow.. Fix-a-Failure. Articles of Confederation. After winning our independence from Great Britain in the Revolutionary War, the new country . needed to develop some form of governmental system. . . Many wanted to be . Articles of Confederation. In 1777 the Second Continental Congress passed the first official plan for national government, the Articles of Confederation.. After the Revolutionary War, weaknesses in the Articles led to conflicts among the states, sparking calls for a stronger national government.. Government:. 1781-1789. State Constitutions. Republicanism.. Most had strong governors with veto power.. Most had bicameral legislatures.. Property required for voting.. Some had universal white male suffrage.. Section 1. Ch 8. . Moving West. Daniel Boone & many others cut a path through the Appalachian Mountains to get to Kentucky. They called this path . Wilderness Road . – it opened Kentucky to settlement. The Articles of Confederation. The Articles were written in 1777 by John Dickinson, a Penn. statesman . The Articles were accepted by Congress in 1781 and is considered the first national constitution. 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.. 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 .