1 - Routledge
... History of the Constitution1: The Articles of Confederation was the first form of government for the United States. It established a firm league for friendship. But, there were problems: states could be asked to contribute to the country’s needs, debts, or wars, but they did not have to comply. Thei ...
... History of the Constitution1: The Articles of Confederation was the first form of government for the United States. It established a firm league for friendship. But, there were problems: states could be asked to contribute to the country’s needs, debts, or wars, but they did not have to comply. Thei ...
Case Study ·#1 - Settling the National Debt
... Former officers in the Continental Army, led by George Washington, demanded prompt payment for their military service. Joined by other prominent creditors, they prodded Congress in April1783 to propose another import tax to raise revenue. Under the amendment, Congress' power to tax imports would be ...
... Former officers in the Continental Army, led by George Washington, demanded prompt payment for their military service. Joined by other prominent creditors, they prodded Congress in April1783 to propose another import tax to raise revenue. Under the amendment, Congress' power to tax imports would be ...
CE TG template 2005 new logo
... efforts to write a Constitution. • Discuss Americans’ experiences in writing constitutions prior to 1787 (e.g., state constitutions, Articles of Confederation). ...
... efforts to write a Constitution. • Discuss Americans’ experiences in writing constitutions prior to 1787 (e.g., state constitutions, Articles of Confederation). ...
Unit 5 - PowerPoints - The Legacy
... chair George Washington sat in as he presided over the Constitutional Convention. After the delegates had adopted the Constitution, Franklin watched as, one by one, they signed the Constitution. During the ...
... chair George Washington sat in as he presided over the Constitutional Convention. After the delegates had adopted the Constitution, Franklin watched as, one by one, they signed the Constitution. During the ...
chapter 10 - apel slice
... Fourteen years after Congress had chosen George Washington to lead the Continental army, the electoral college elected him as the nation's first President. John Adams, the runner-up to Washington in the voting, became the first Vice President. His job was to help President Washington with his duties ...
... Fourteen years after Congress had chosen George Washington to lead the Continental army, the electoral college elected him as the nation's first President. John Adams, the runner-up to Washington in the voting, became the first Vice President. His job was to help President Washington with his duties ...
The Road to Nationhood 1764-1800 - The Constitutional Walking Tour
... Continental Congress adopted a resolution authorizing the Colonies to adopt new constitutions; the former colonial governments had dissolved with the outbreak of war. • Congress Declared Independence from the British Crown - When North Carolina and Virginia empowered their delegates to vote for Amer ...
... Continental Congress adopted a resolution authorizing the Colonies to adopt new constitutions; the former colonial governments had dissolved with the outbreak of war. • Congress Declared Independence from the British Crown - When North Carolina and Virginia empowered their delegates to vote for Amer ...
shaping the new nation
... Americans feared a strong national government. They believed it would be too much like being ruled by the king and the states would end up losing the freedoms for which a war had just been fought. But by the mid-1780s, the ties between the states had grown so weak it was clear that a strong nationa ...
... Americans feared a strong national government. They believed it would be too much like being ruled by the king and the states would end up losing the freedoms for which a war had just been fought. But by the mid-1780s, the ties between the states had grown so weak it was clear that a strong nationa ...
THE NATURE AND SOURCES OF AMERICAN FEDERALISM
... exports to Britain as well as support Massachusetts if it was attacked. ...
... exports to Britain as well as support Massachusetts if it was attacked. ...
The Articles of Confederation
... During the Revolutionary War, the American colonies needed to coordinate their efforts against Britain. They created an emergency government to raise money for the war effort called The Continental Congress. After the Revolution, with the Treaty of Paris, the colonies were officially independent fro ...
... During the Revolutionary War, the American colonies needed to coordinate their efforts against Britain. They created an emergency government to raise money for the war effort called The Continental Congress. After the Revolution, with the Treaty of Paris, the colonies were officially independent fro ...
Text from the Articles of Confederation
... certain articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the States of New Hampshire, Massachusettsbay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, NorthCarolina, SouthCarolina, and Georgia. Article I. The Stile ...
... certain articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the States of New Hampshire, Massachusettsbay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, NorthCarolina, SouthCarolina, and Georgia. Article I. The Stile ...
Standard VUS.5
... Demonstrate knowledge of the issues involved in the creation and ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America and how principles of limited government, consent of the governed, and the social contract are embodied in it by explaining the origins of the Constitution, including the ...
... Demonstrate knowledge of the issues involved in the creation and ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America and how principles of limited government, consent of the governed, and the social contract are embodied in it by explaining the origins of the Constitution, including the ...
The Articles of Confederation
... During the Revolutionary War, the American colonies needed to coordinate their efforts against Britain. They created an emergency government to raise money for the war effort called The Continental Congress. After the Revolution the colonies were officially independent from Great Britain. They neede ...
... During the Revolutionary War, the American colonies needed to coordinate their efforts against Britain. They created an emergency government to raise money for the war effort called The Continental Congress. After the Revolution the colonies were officially independent from Great Britain. They neede ...
Competing Visions of the Virtuous Republic
... a) It consisted of only a unicameral legislature in which each state had one vote. b) It could not tax or regulate trade. c) Slaves were to be counted in full for tax purposes (i.e., as people rather than as property). 3. Quarrels over control of the Northwest Territory delayed ratification of the n ...
... a) It consisted of only a unicameral legislature in which each state had one vote. b) It could not tax or regulate trade. c) Slaves were to be counted in full for tax purposes (i.e., as people rather than as property). 3. Quarrels over control of the Northwest Territory delayed ratification of the n ...
CH 4 Forming a Government
... In this painting King John of England is signing Magna Carta, or the Great Charter, which established that the king was subject to the law just like everyone else. It also declared that people could not be deprived of their lives, liberty, or property ”except by the lawful judgment of [their] peers, ...
... In this painting King John of England is signing Magna Carta, or the Great Charter, which established that the king was subject to the law just like everyone else. It also declared that people could not be deprived of their lives, liberty, or property ”except by the lawful judgment of [their] peers, ...
Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790
... find an alternative to this method of government. Radical pamphleteer Thomas Paine, whose enormously popular essay Common Sense was first published in January 1776, advocated a republic: a state without a king. Six months later, Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence affirmed the break with England ...
... find an alternative to this method of government. Radical pamphleteer Thomas Paine, whose enormously popular essay Common Sense was first published in January 1776, advocated a republic: a state without a king. Six months later, Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence affirmed the break with England ...
US History Quiz #4 - Moore Public Schools
... D) negotiate individually with Great Britain and several states reached compromises with Great Britain and hurt the American war effort. ...
... D) negotiate individually with Great Britain and several states reached compromises with Great Britain and hurt the American war effort. ...
The Articles of Confederation
... During the Revolutionary War, the American colonies needed to coordinate their efforts against Britain. They created an emergency government to raise money for the war effort called The Continental Congress. After the Revolution the colonies were officially independent from Great Britain. They neede ...
... During the Revolutionary War, the American colonies needed to coordinate their efforts against Britain. They created an emergency government to raise money for the war effort called The Continental Congress. After the Revolution the colonies were officially independent from Great Britain. They neede ...
Confederation Period-Brinkley
... No sooner did the Continental Congress appoint a committee to draft a declaration of independence in 1776 than it appointed another to draft a plan of union. After much debate and many revisions, the Congress adopted the committee’s proposal in November 1777 as the Articles of Confederation. The Art ...
... No sooner did the Continental Congress appoint a committee to draft a declaration of independence in 1776 than it appointed another to draft a plan of union. After much debate and many revisions, the Congress adopted the committee’s proposal in November 1777 as the Articles of Confederation. The Art ...
PowerPoint Presentation - The Beginnings of
... 5. Setting up the Legislative Branch • The first task of the First Congress was the Bill of Rights which several states wanted as a condition for ratifying the Constitution. • James Madison formally proposed 12 amendments—10 of which would become the Bill of Rights. • The Bill of Rights was based o ...
... 5. Setting up the Legislative Branch • The first task of the First Congress was the Bill of Rights which several states wanted as a condition for ratifying the Constitution. • James Madison formally proposed 12 amendments—10 of which would become the Bill of Rights. • The Bill of Rights was based o ...
1 - innova
... 2.2. The Constitution of the United States of America, 1787 Since 1781, the Articles of Confederation, a constitution that set up a very weak central government that could not make laws or raise taxes, governed the thirteen colonies. The Articles of Confederation had been introduced by the explicit ...
... 2.2. The Constitution of the United States of America, 1787 Since 1781, the Articles of Confederation, a constitution that set up a very weak central government that could not make laws or raise taxes, governed the thirteen colonies. The Articles of Confederation had been introduced by the explicit ...
Chapter 3 Creating the Constitution (1776 – 1790)
... for representation based on population. • The more people a state had, the more seats it would have in each house. • The big states like Virginia, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts supported this idea. ...
... for representation based on population. • The more people a state had, the more seats it would have in each house. • The big states like Virginia, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts supported this idea. ...
LWVUS STUDY : THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROCESS
... d) Voting at the Convention must be by delegate, not by state. PRO: As at the Articles of Confederation Convention, delegates from one state can have varying views and should be able to express them by individual votes. CON: Because any amendment proposal will go to the states for ratification, voti ...
... d) Voting at the Convention must be by delegate, not by state. PRO: As at the Articles of Confederation Convention, delegates from one state can have varying views and should be able to express them by individual votes. CON: Because any amendment proposal will go to the states for ratification, voti ...
Chapter 6: Making War and Republican Governments
... B. The Philadelphia Convention 1. In May 1787, delegates from every state except Rhode Island arrived in Philadelphia; most were “monied men” who supported creditors’ property rights and a central government. 2. George Washington was elected as presiding officer, and, to forestall popular opposition ...
... B. The Philadelphia Convention 1. In May 1787, delegates from every state except Rhode Island arrived in Philadelphia; most were “monied men” who supported creditors’ property rights and a central government. 2. George Washington was elected as presiding officer, and, to forestall popular opposition ...
The US Constitution
... agree before the Congress could take any action. Important decisions, including amendment of the Articles itself, required unanimity. Appointment and pay of Congressional delegates was reserved to the states. Under the Articles, the national government had no authority to impose and collect taxes. W ...
... agree before the Congress could take any action. Important decisions, including amendment of the Articles itself, required unanimity. Appointment and pay of Congressional delegates was reserved to the states. Under the Articles, the national government had no authority to impose and collect taxes. W ...
History of the United States Constitution
The United States Constitution was written in 1787 during the Philadelphia Convention. The old Congress set the rules the new government followed in terms of writing and ratifying the new constitution. After ratification in eleven states, in 1789 its elected officers of government assembled in New York City, replacing the Articles of Confederation government. The original Constitution has been amended twenty-seven times. The meaning of the Constitution is interpreted and extended by judicial review in the federal courts. The original parchment copies are on display at the National Archives Building.Two alternative plans were developed in Convention. The nationalist majority, soon to be called ""Federalists,"" put forth the Virginia Plan, a consolidated government based on proportional representation among the states by population. The ""old patriots,"" later called ""Anti-Federalists,"" advocated the New Jersey Plan, a purely federal proposal, based on providing each state with equal representation. The Connecticut Compromise allowed for both plans to work together. Other controversies developed regarding slavery and a Bill of Rights in the original document.The drafted Constitution was submitted to the Confederation Congress. It in turn forwarded the Constitution as drafted to the states for ratification by the Constitutional method proposed. The Federalist Papers provided background and justification for the Constitution. Some states agreed to ratify the Constitution only if the amendments that were to become the Bill of Rights would be taken up immediately by the new government, and they were duly proposed in the first session of the First Congress.Once the Articles Congress certified that eleven states had ratified the Constitution, elections were held, the new government began on March 4, 1789, and the Articles Congress dissolved itself. Later Amendments address individual liberties and freedoms, federal relationships, election procedures, terms of office, expanding the electorate, ending slavery, financing government, consumption of alcohol and Congressional pay. Criticism over the life of the Constitution has centered on expanding democracy and states rights.