Download Powerpoint Articles of Confederation

The Critical Period
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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
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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
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“for the sole and express purpose of revising the
Articles of Confederation…”