Articles of Articles of Confederation Confederation

andandConstitutional Constitutional

ConventionConvention

Objective 1.05Objective 1.05

Articles of Articles of ConfederationConfederation•1st gov’t of the U.S.

•Britain acknowledged the independence of America with the Treaty of Paris on Sept. 3, 1783

•The A.O.C. were proposed in 1777 and ratified by all states in 1781

•Complete weaknesses chart

U.S. ExpansionU.S. Expansion

•Land Ordinance of 1785–Allowed gov’t to try to raise money by selling land in territory west of the original colonies

Expansion cont.Expansion cont.•Northwest Ordinance of 1787–Created the 1st organized territory of the U.S. in the Great Lakes region–Led to—Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota

Shay’s RebellionShay’s Rebellion•Massachusetts 1786/87•Angry farmers led by Daniel Shays

•Farmers had no money due to war

•Were having land taken away and imprisoned for debt due to high land taxes

Impact of the Impact of the RebellionRebellion

•Showed weakness of the government

•Later influenced Mass. to ratify the Constitution in 1788

Constitutional Constitutional ConventionConvention

•Met due to gov’t weaknesses•May 25-Sept. 17, 1787•Meeting was COMPLETELY secret

•How do we know what happened?—James Madison

•9 states had to ratify for it to become effective