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Topic:
Forming a New NationEssential Question:
How is the Constitution superior to the Articles of Confederation?
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Articles of Confederation America’s 1st constitution Adopted during the Revolutionary War (1777)
Weaknesses: States had more power than the federal (national) government
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Weaknesses: States had more power than the federal (national) government
Congress could not: Tax Regulate trade
No national court system No system of checks and balances
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No national court system No system of checks and balances
Critical Period (1781-1789) Period between the end of the Revolutionary War and the Ratification of the Constitution
Problems with: Debt Foreign affairs Rebellions
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Foreign affairs Rebellions
Shays’ Rebellion Rebellion of farmers in rural Massachusetts (1786)
Showed the failure of the Articles of Confederation
Shays Shattuck
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10-2-2Discuss
The Articles of Confederation
The Critical PeriodWrite a sentence describing why Shays’ Rebellion was important
Rebellion of farmers in rural Massachusetts (1786)
Showed the failure of the Articles of Confederation
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Rebellion of farmers in rural Massachusetts (1786)
Showed the failure of the Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention James Madison
Author of the Virginia Plan Based on Montesquieu’s ideas
“Father of the Constitution”
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Based on Montesquieu’s ideas
“Father of the Constitution” George Washington
President of the Constitutional Convention
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George Washington President of the Constitutional Convention
Important compromises Great Compromise
Proposed by Roger Sherman of Connecticut Compromise between large and small states
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Proposed by Roger Sherman of Connecticut Compromise between large and small states Representation in the House of Representatives: Determined by population
Representation in the Senate: 2 per state
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Representation in the Senate: 2 per state
Three-fifths Compromise Designed to get southern states to agree to the Constitution
Each slave counted as 3/5 of a free person for both taxation and representation
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Designed to get southern states to agree to the Constitution
Each slave counted as 3/5 of a free person for both taxation and representation
The Constitution The U.S.’s formal plan of government
The supreme law of the land Based on Madison’s Virginia Plan
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The supreme law of the land Based on Madison’s Virginia Plan
Unified the states Created a strong national government and a national court system
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Unified the states Created a strong national government and a national court system
A “living document” Amendments Elastic Clause
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Amendments Elastic Clause
Signed in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787
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10-2-2 Discuss
James Madison George Washington Compromises The Constitution
Write a sentence describing one of the following: James Madison’s importance How the Constitution is a “living document”
Elastic Clause Signed in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787
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Elastic Clause Signed in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787
Ratifying the Constitution Federalists
People who supported the ratification (approval) of the Constitution
Wanted a strong national government
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
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People who supported the ratification (approval) of the Constitution
Wanted a strong national government
Anti-Federalists People who opposed the ratification of the Constitution
Two main reasons: Some wanted stronger state and local government
Some wanted a bill of rights
Patrick Henry
George Mason
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Some wanted stronger state and local government
Some wanted a bill of rights
Federalist Papers Essays that supported:
A strong national government
Ratification
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A strong national government Ratification
Written by: James Madison Alexander Hamilton John Jay
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Alexander Hamilton John Jay
Bill of Rights The first ten amendments to the Constitution Some states refused to ratify the Constitution without it
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The first ten amendments to the Constitution Some states refused to ratify the Constitution without it
Written by James Madison in 1789 Added to the Constitution in 1791
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10-2-2Discuss
The FederalistsThe Anti-FederalistsThe Federalist PapersThe Bill of Rights
Write a sentence comparing the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists
Written by James Madison in 1789 Added to the Constitution in 1791
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