PPT-Georgia’s Constitution and the Articles of Confederation

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. 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.. Strengths . Weaknesses. America’s 1. st. Constitution 1781-1789. The first system of government designed by the Founding Fathers was a Confederation. Under a Confederate system, the National or Central Government is given only a few powers, while most of the power is reserved for the States. . The Pursuit of Equality. The Continental Army officers formed an exclusive hereditary order called the . Society of the Cincinnati. .. Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom-. created in . 1786. by Thomas Jefferson and his co-reformers; stated that religion should not be imposed on anybody and that each person decided his/her own faith.. 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?. September 2011. Framing the Constitution. How do you currently teach the Articles of Confederation and the making of the Constitution?. Articles of Confederation: failure? In whose view? Complexities?. !. 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 . 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. Constitutional Convention1787. While Georgia played a relatively minor role during the American Revolution, it can be argued that Georgians were instrumental during the Constitutional Convention of 1787.. The Confederation Era. Chapter 8; Section 1. Essential Question: How did Americans create a national government that respected both the independence of states and the rights of individuals?. Forming a New Government. Read “Focus on Geography” on page 138 in the textbook. Answer the following questions:. 1.) What purpose did the rectangular land survey system serve?. 2.) How do the modern landscapes of states in the Midwest such as Indiana and Ohio, reflect the system established by the Land Ordinance of 1785?. 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 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.. U.S. Constitution. © 2014 Brain Wrinkles. SS8H4ab. Standards. . SS8H4 The student will describe the impact of events that led to the ratification of . the . United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights. .