PPT-Articles of Confederation

Government 17811789 State Constitutions Republicanism Most had strong governors with veto power Most had bicameral legislatures Property required for voting Some had universal white male suffrage. 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: . &. 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.". . 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. . !. 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.. 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.. 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. 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. 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?. 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.. Strengths. and . Weaknesses. Adoption of Articles. Articles of Confederation. Confederacy or “League of Friendship” among . states.. All states ratified it by March, . 1781. Continued operation of Gov. set forth by the . 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 .