Warm Up10.23.14

O Please answer the following question in your binder:

O What were some of the flaws of the Articles of Confederation?

Agenda10.23.14

O Announcements/ HousekeepingO FRQ #1 due Wednesday, 10/30 by 3:30 PMO Unit 3 Exam – 11/6 (Q1 exam)O RCQ make- ups by today!

O Complete Notes on Articles of ConfederationO Visiual Discovery Activity

O Exploring the reasons behind the Articles

O HW: 267- 282; blog post (due 8 AM Monday)

America under the Confederation

O After the war, the success and unity of the nation was far from assured

O The Articles of ConfederationO First written constitution of the U.S.O Ratified in 1781O Attempt to balance

O National unityO Fear of centralized power

America under the Confederation

O How it worked:O One House CongressO Each state has ONE voteO No presidentO 9/13 votes required for major changesO No power to:

O TaxO Regulate trade

America under the Confederation

O Congress and the WestO Northwest Ordinances of 1784, 85, & 87

O Settlers and the West:O They ignored Indian land titles, O demanded the government sell or give away the

land, and often settled land to which they had no legal title.

O Many national leaders worried that these settlers were unruly and disorderly and

O would incite war with Indians, and they sought to regulate western settlement.

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd EditionCopyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & CompanyMap 7.1 Western Lands, 1782–1802

America under the Confederation

O The Land Ordinances:O called for the eventual establishment of

three to five states north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River.

O This ensured Jefferson’s “empire of liberty.”

O The U.S. would not rule its territories as a colonial power, but allow these lands to become equal parts of the political system as self-governing states.

Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd EditionCopyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & CompanyMap 7.2 Western Ordinances, 1785–1787

America under the Confederation

O The Confederation’s WeaknessesO Couldn’t collect revenueO Unable to pay debts from the

Revolutionary WarO Led to an economic crisis in the 1780s

O Unable to pay rent or taxes, banks began to seize people’s property/ land

Shays’s Rebellion

O Facts:O Late 1786 – early 1787O Debt- ridden farmers closed the courts in Western

Mass to prevent the seizure of their landsO Led by Daniel Shays, a veteran of the

Revolutionary WarO Quickly subdued by Massachusetts Army

O Significance: O convinced influential Americans for the need for a

stronger nat’l gov’t!

O James MadisonO VirginianO Disciple of Thomas JeffersonO Led the movement to national gov’tO Joined by Alexander Hamilton (NY)O Coalition included:

O Army officers, members of Congress, financiers, urban artisans

O Wanted Congress to be able to generate $$$$

O September 1786, six delegates met in Annapolis, MDO Discussed ways to fix Articles of ConfederationO Proposed another gathering in Philadelphia to amend

the articlesO Shay’s Rebellion was a significant contributing factor in

garnering support for this idea