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    The Articles of

    Confederation
    Unit 3
    Topic 3.7

    AP U.S. History
    Think About It
    ► To what extent was the American
    Revolution considered a turning point in
    American politics and society?
    ► To what extent did the ratification of the
    U.S. Constitution maintain continuity and
    foster change in American politics and
    society?
    ► Compare and contrast the ideologies and
    positions of Alexander Hamilton/Federalists
    and Thomas Jefferson.
    A New Form of Government?
    ► States drafted new ► Republicanism vs.
    constitutions democracy
     Defined citizens’ rights  Republicanism preferred
     Conservative state landed elites, power in
    constitutions the hands of a few;
    ► Bicameral legislatures and common good
    strong governors  Democracy synonymous
    ► Property requirements for with “mob rule” and
    voting development of corrupt
    ► i.e. Massachusetts, New
    factions; individual
    York, Virginia
    liberties
     Liberal state constitutions
    ► Unicameral
     Debate on who may vote
    legislatures and
    ► Whites? Property owners?
    weak governors
    ► Universal manhood suffrage
    All males? Women?
    Christians?
    ► i.e. New Jersey, New
    Hampshire
    Articles of Confederation
    ► Preamble
     “Whereas the Delegates of the United States of America in Congress
    assembled…agree to certain articles of Confederation and perpetual
    Union between the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts bay, Rhode
    Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
    Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South
    Carolina and Georgia…”
    ► Article II
     “Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and
    every power, jurisdiction and right, which is not by this Confederation
    expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.”
    ► Article III
     “The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship
    with each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties,
    and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each
    other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of
    them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence
    whatever.”
    Articles of Confederation
    ► Unicamerallegislature
    and weak national
    government
     No executive or judicial
    system
     Could not regulate
    interstate commerce
     Limited taxation
    ► Voting and Ratification
     Each state received one
    vote
     No new tax or
    amendments without
    unanimous consent
    The Good: Northwest Territory
    ► Land Ordinance of 1785
     36-square-mile townships
    ► "to divide the said territory into townships seven miles square,
    by lines running due north and south, and others crossing
    these at right angles. — The plats of the townships,
    respectively, shall be marked into sections of one mile square,
    or 640 acres.”
    ► "There shall be reserved the lot No. 16, of every township, for
    the maintenance of public schools within the said township."
    ► Northwest Ordinance of 1787
     Sec. 9. So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants
    of full age in the district, upon giving proof thereof to the governor,
    they shall receive authority, with time and place, to elect a
    representative from their counties or townships to represent them in
    the general assembly:
     And, whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free
    inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted, by its delegates,
    into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the
    original States in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form
    a permanent constitution and State government: 
     “Article III. Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to
    good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the
    means of education shall forever be encouraged. The utmost good
    faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their lands and
    property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and,
    in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never be invaded or
    disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but
    laws founded in justice and humanity, shall from time to time be
    made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving
    peace and friendship with them.”
    ► “Art. 6. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in
    the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes
    whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided, always,
    That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service
    is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may
    be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her
    labor or service as aforesaid.”
    The Bad: Problems with the Articles
    The Ugly: Shays’s Rebellion (1786-1787)
    ► New England Depression
    ► Massachusetts State
    Legislature
    ► Refused to print currency or
    pass pro-debtor laws
    ► Enacted taxes, overburdening
    poor farmers
    ► Shaysites
    ► Daniel Shays
    ► Armed western farmers
    organized to close down local
    court houses to prevent
    further foreclosures
    ► Rebellion crushed
    ► Eastern merchants financed
    governor’s state military force
    ► Raised grave concerns
    throughout the nation
    Toward a Constitution
    ► Annapolis Convention (1786)
     After a meeting run by Washington,
    delegates from five states meet in
    Maryland to discuss interstate
    commerce
     Decide to reform Articles with other
    delegates
    ► Constitutional Convention at
    Philadelphia
     All states but Rhode Island
     Held in secrecy
     Common nationalist viewpoint
     Reform Articles or devise new
    government altogether?
    ► The Delegates
     55 total delegates; all white males
     Mostly wealthy, middle-aged,
    professional (especially lawyers or
    politicians)
     19 delegates owned slaves
     George Washington, Alexander
    Hamilton, James Madison, Benjamin
    Franklin

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