WANTED : A “Just Right” Government. Wanted: A government that… much Has enough to do its job Has enough to do its job Doesn’t give anyone

WANTEDWANTED::

A “Just A “Just Right” Right”

GovernmentGovernment

Wanted: A government Wanted: A government that…that…

muchmuch• Has enough ________ to do its Has enough ________ to do its

jobjob• Doesn’t give anyone too ______ Doesn’t give anyone too ______

powerpower• Considers the needs of all Considers the needs of all

__________________• Lets people have a ________Lets people have a ________• Protects individual __________Protects individual __________

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In 1777, the Americans wrote their first plan for government in a document called the Articles of ConfederationArticles of Confederation

TheThe Articles of ConfederationArticles of Confederation?? What’s a What’s a confederationconfederation????

A A confederationconfederation is a _________ of is a _________ of individuals _______ together individuals _______ together

for a _________. for a _________.

The First Attempt: The First Attempt: The Articles of The Articles of ConfederationConfederation

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• Each state was _________________ and had its Each state was _________________ and had its own ________________.own ________________.

• Each state would send _______________ to the Each state would send _______________ to the “Congress of the Confederation.”“Congress of the Confederation.”

• The Congress was the only ____________ The Congress was the only ____________ government. There was no ___________.government. There was no ___________.

• In Congress, each state got _______ vote.In Congress, each state got _______ vote.

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representativesrepresentatives

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• Congress had no way to Congress had no way to __________ its _______!__________ its _______!• Congress had no power Congress had no power

to collect _________ to to collect _________ to pay for the military!pay for the military!• The Articles could only The Articles could only

be _________ if ______ be _________ if ______ the states agreed!the states agreed!

• States get to keep their States get to keep their ______ and __________________ and ____________• No _____________ telling No _____________ telling

the states what to dothe states what to do• Congress had the Congress had the

power to create a power to create a _________ to ________all _________ to ________all the statesthe states


Hey, this sounds great!

Wait! Not so fast…

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Mini-Quiz 1 on Mini-Quiz 1 on Edmodo!Edmodo!

There were some good things and some bad things about the

Articles of Confederation. In general, people felt like the government wasn’t working!

Congress is too weak to Congress is too weak to end the conflicts between end the conflicts between

our states! our states!

But there was no easy solution…

Large states should

have more say!

Small states should

have more say!

More help for

fishermen!

More help for

farmers!

Up with central

government!

Down with central

government!

We need a President!

Who needs a

President?

States Had Different States Had Different NeedsNeeds

Some states depended on , Some states depended on , while others mostly grew while others mostly grew . .

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States Had Different States Had Different SizesSizes

Some states had people, Some states had people, while others had while others had . .

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People Had Different People Had Different OpinionsOpinions

Some peopleSome peopleOthers thought a central government was Others thought a central government was . .

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a central government.a central government.

A central government will have too much power! We’ll

lose our freedom! But we’ll never get

anything done if no one is in charge!!



Something needed to change, but people didn’t want a central government to have too much power!

The states decided to put aside some of their differences and come together to try to solve the problem of forming a new government…

Articles of Confederation New Idea

A New Idea!A New Idea!

1 Branch1 BranchLegislative—makes laws 3 3

BranchesBranches

A New Idea!A New Idea!

Legislative:

Makes laws

Judicial: Interprets laws

Executive:

Carries out laws

But But Wait!Wait!

How many How many should each state should each state get in the get in the legislature?legislature?

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The Virginia PlanThe Virginia Plan The New Jersey PlanThe New Jersey Plan

Battle of the PlansBattle of the Plans

• Legislative branch has Legislative branch has ___ “chambers”___ “chambers”• Number of votes for Number of votes for

each state depends on each state depends on the state’s ___________the state’s ___________• ________ states would ________ states would

have more powerhave more power

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• Legislative branch has Legislative branch has ___ “chamber”___ “chamber”• Each state gets ___ voteEach state gets ___ vote• ________ states would ________ states would

have more powerhave more power

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(Virginia was a large state, and New Jersey was a small state. (Virginia was a large state, and New Jersey was a small state. Surprise!)Surprise!)



There were a lot of differences to overcome and a lot of compromises

to make…but finally…

The Constitution of the The Constitution of the United States of AmericaUnited States of America

LegislativeLegislative: :

Makes Makes lawslaws

JudicialJudicial: : Interprets Interprets lawslaws

ExecutiveExecutive: :

Carries out Carries out

lawslaws

Divide Congress Into Two Divide Congress Into Two Houses Houses

SenateSenateHouse of House of

RepresentativeRepresentativess

Each state gets 2 votes.

The more people the state has, the more votes it gets!

And that’s not And that’s not all…all…

The Constitution The Constitution SolutionSolution

Not only did the Constitution resolve the problem of the legislature, but it solved some other problems as well…

Did the Articles of Did the Articles of Confederation require Confederation require

states to treat other states states to treat other states the same as their own the same as their own

citizens?citizens? YesYes NoNo

The Constitution requires each The Constitution requires each state to treat ________ of other state to treat ________ of other states the ______ as it treats its states the ______ as it treats its

own citizens.own citizens.

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The Constitution can be changed The Constitution can be changed if ________________ of the if ________________ of the

members of Congress and members of Congress and ________________ of the states ________________ of the states

agree.agree.

two-thirds two-thirds (2/3)(2/3) three-fourths three-fourths

(3/4)(3/4)


The Constitution says that The Constitution says that the laws passed by Congress the laws passed by Congress are _________ to laws passed are _________ to laws passed

by the _______.by the _______.superiorsuperior

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The new Americans made compromises

and found solutions for their new government. Let’s review the final

product of the Constitutional Convention!

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Laws are made by the Laws are made by the _______ branch._______ branch.

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Laws passed by Congress Laws passed by Congress are _____ to state laws.are _____ to state laws.

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Congress has ______.Congress has ______.

1 1 chamberchamber

2 2 chamberschambers

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Each state gets two votes Each state gets two votes in the __________.in the __________.

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SenateSenateAA BB

In the House of In the House of Representatives, the number Representatives, the number of votes each states gets is of votes each states gets is

based on its ________.based on its ________.

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A change to the A change to the Constitution must be Constitution must be

approved by ___________.approved by ___________.

All All statesstates

¾ of ¾ of statesstates

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Although they managed to solve the problems created by the Articles, there were still many decisions to be made before everyone accepted the Constitution!



Documents

WANTED : A “Just Right” Government. Wanted: A government that… much Has enough ________ to do its job Has enough ________ to do its job Doesn’t give anyone

WANTED : A “Just Right” Government. Wanted: A government that… much Has enough to do its job Has enough to do its job Doesn’t give anyone