Vasquez- Constitution Reteach

​Article of Confederation
1st Government

By Jose Vasquez

The Articles of Confederation were written and ratified before the Revolutionary War officially ended. The Founding Fathers believed they knew what was best for the new nation. However, because of their negative experiences and unfair treatment under the king, they created a government with too little power. These weaknesses in the Articles eventually led to their failure and the need for a stronger Constitution

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Declare War-announce war against another nation

Peace Treaties- Power to make a Treaty, contract, of Peace

Postal System- improve communication in the states

Northwest Ordinance- Guidelines for creating a new state

Weak N.F.C Gov't- Fear of a tyranny Gov't

No agreement between states- All 13 colonies were needed to approve a anything

No Power to Tax or control currency- All states could print their own currency

No Chief executive- No president to enforce the laws

No Respect/ No army- nation could not defend its self from foreign or domestic threats

Summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

Strengths

Weaknesses

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A violent domestic act known as ​

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proved the Articles of Confederation was ​

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Delegates from every ​

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met in ​

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to ​

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the Articles of Confederation, but instead created something completely new

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Shays Rebellion

too weak.

state

Philedelphia

revise

Indian Attack

New York

change

Constitutional Convention

George Washington was named President

Delegates from every state met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to revise the Articles of Confederation, the first government of the United States. However, instead of just fixing the Articles, they created something completely new called the Constitution. The biggest challenge the delegates faced was deciding how the Legislative Branch would work and who would have the power to make the laws.

Two sides of the Constitutional Convention

Virginia Plan

     The big states wanted to create a bicameral legislative branch based on the population of every state. This would mean big states would have more power because their population was higher.

New Jersey Plan 

     Small states did not like the idea of a two house system where representation is based on population because their population was a lot less compared to the big states. 

     Small states suggested a unicameral (one house) system where all states would have an equal number of votes for representation.

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Labelling

Label the arrows with the correct phrase

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Population

Equality- 2 Votes

New Jersey Plan

Virginia Plan

Who counts towards population?

​3/5 Compromise

The 3/5 Compromise was an agreement made during the Constitutional Convention about how enslaved people would be counted when determining a state’s population. Southern states wanted to count enslaved people fully so they could have more representatives in Congress, while Northern states disagreed since enslaved people had no rights or say in government. The compromise decided that each enslaved person would count as three-fifths of a person for both representation and taxes.

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Which one of the compromises counted the enslaved population for legislative branch?

Which one of the compromises create a Bicameral legislative branch?

Which one of the compromises combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plan?

Which one of the compromises increased political influence for the south?

Which one of these compromise settled the issue between large and small states?

Categorize the correct question with the correct Compromise

Great Compromise

3/5 Compromise