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The Critical Period www.googleimages.com Thinking Skill: Explicitly assess information and draw conclusions SWBAT: explain the purposes of Government and describe the structure of the government set up under the Articles of Confederation Tie-in to Island activity: •Social Contract n. •An agreement among the members of an organized society or between the governed and the government defining and limiting the_______ and __________ of each. Definitions • Uni • Bi • Cameral – House/chambers The Articles of Confederation - Completed Nov. 1777. •League of friendship among the States (loose alliance) •“for their common defense, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare” •Formal approval or _______________ was needed by all 13 States (1781) Governmental Structure •Congress was sole body (legislative) •Unicameral-delegates chosen yearly by state •Each state had one vote •No executive nor _________ branch •Presiding officer www.googleimages.com Powers of Congress • Make war and peace • Send and receive ambassadors • Make treaties • Borrow money • Set up a money system • Establish a post office • Build a navy • Raise an army • Fix uniform standards of weights and measures • Settle disputes among the states State Obligations • Obey articles and acts of Congress • Provide funds and troops • Treat citizens of other states as equal to their own • Surrender fugitives from justice to one another • Submit state disputes to Congress • Allow open trade and travel between and among States • Retained those powers not explicitly given to the Congress Weaknesses •Work with a partner to brainstorm •some weaknesses of the articles •problems that could occur between the states • Which weakness do we see here? Critical Period • States don’t support the federal government • Make agreements with other nations • Form their own militaries • Taxed each others goods • Printed their own money • Shays’ Rebellion • Group of debtors lead a force to close the state courts • Attack federal arsenal A Need for Stronger Government • Mount Vernon • Annapolis • Philadelphia www.google.com “for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation…”