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American History I
Unit 2 - Revolution and New Government
Day 5 – The End of the American Revolution
The Articles of Confederation (1777)
System of Government
Congress – Each State had one Vote.
Powers of Congress:
1. Make Laws
2. Declare War & Make Peace
3. Make Treaties & Alliances
4. Borrow Money
5. Maintain Army & Navy
Problems with the AOC
1. Congress weak – Limited Powers (most needed 9 of 13 states to agree)
2. No Executive Branch – Enforce Laws
3. No Judicial Branch – Settle State Disputes
4. No Power to Tax
5. No Money = No Military
6. No Amendments – Needed Approval of all 13 States
7. Thirteen different Tax and Trade Systems
Accomplishments of the Articles
1. American Revolution
2. Treaty of Paris
3. Ordinance of 1785
4. NW Ordinance of 1787
Treaty of Paris (1783)
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay negotiate for U.S.
Ended the AR
United States recognized as Independent from Britain
The Mississippi River is set as the western border of the U.S.
British troops to leave US soil
The United States of America
North America was shared with France and Spain
Shays’s Rebellion
Massachusetts farmers who could not pay their taxes were losing their land
Daniel Shays leads a rebellion of about 1200 farmers
Shays and his men try to seize weapons from a federal arsenal
Rebellion squashed by federal troops
Shows the need for a stronger central government
Issues involving the AOC
British troops have not
left US soil French/Spanish will not
allow use of Mississippi River
Debts contracted during the Revolutionary War have not been paid
Shays’s Rebellion Economy is very poor
Crash Course – Reviewing Everything We Just Learned!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO7FQsCcbD8
2 Political Parties Form: Federalists
Want a strong national government
Support a newer and stronger Constitution
Anti-Federalists
Want stronger state gov’t
Thought a new
national gov’t would be too powerful
Wanted rights
guaranteed (Bill of Rights)
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists Activity
Take 10 minutes to complete the readings/graphic organizer
Always with Primary Sources:
Look at the SOURCE first
Context – What’s going on in history?
Questions: What document was put in place to loosely create a
federal government?
What were some of the accomplishments of the A.o.C.?
What were the weaknesses of the A.o.C.?
What was the impact of Shays’s Rebellion?
Vocabulary Articles of Confederation
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Shays’s Rebellion
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