Chp.5/Sec.1 & 2

Forming A New Government

Chp.5/Sec.1 & 2

Forming A New Government

The United Confederation

The United Confederation

The United Confederation

Confederation: An association of sovereign states

The United Confederation

Confederation: An association of sovereign states

Sovereign states: A state is a political association with effective dominion over a geographic territory

I. Articles of ConfederationNovember 15th, 1777

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

I. Articles of ConfederationNovember 15th, 1777

• Congress is the national gov’t but w/ limited powers

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

I. Articles of ConfederationNovember 15th, 1777

• Congress is the national gov’t but w/ limited powers

a. No executive branch (president)

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

I. Articles of ConfederationNovember 15th, 1777

• Congress is the national gov’t but w/ limited powers

a. No executive branch (president)

b. No national judicial system (supreme court)

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

I. Articles of ConfederationNovember 15th, 1777

• Congress is the national gov’t but w/ limited powers

a. No executive branch (president)

b. No national judicial system (supreme court)

• Each state given one vote in Congress

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

II. Powers of Congress

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

II. Powers of Congress1. Pass laws and amend the A.o.C.

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

II. Powers of Congress1. Pass laws and amend the A.o.C.

- 9/13 states need to approve created laws

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

II. Powers of Congress1. Pass laws and amend the A.o.C.

- 9/13 states need to approve created laws

- All states must agree to amendments

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

II. Powers of Congress1. Pass laws and amend the A.o.C.

- 9/13 states need to approve created laws

- All states must agree to amendments

2. Print money, grant loans, & borrow money from other countries

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

II. Powers of Congress1. Pass laws and amend the A.o.C.

- 9/13 states need to approve created laws

- All states must agree to amendments

2. Print money, grant loans, & borrow money from other countries

3. Negotiate treaties and declare war

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

II. Powers of Congress1. Pass laws and amend the A.o.C.

- 9/13 states need to approve created laws

- All states must agree to amendments

2. Print money, grant loans, & borrow money from other countries

3. Negotiate treaties and declare war

4. No power to tax (Only states can levy taxes)

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

II. Powers of Congress1. Pass laws and amend the A.o.C.

- 9/13 states need to approve created laws

- All states must agree to amendments

2. Print money, grant loans, & borrow money from other countries

3. Negotiate treaties and declare war

4. No power to tax (Only states can levy taxes)

5. Maintain armed forces and request states for soldiers (States have permission to refuse request)

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

II. Powers of Congress

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

II. Powers of Congress1. Pass laws and amend the A.o.C.

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

II. Powers of Congress1. Pass laws and amend the A.o.C.

- 9/13 states need to approve created laws

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

II. Powers of Congress1. Pass laws and amend the A.o.C.

- 9/13 states need to approve created laws

- All states must agree to amendments

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

II. Powers of Congress1. Pass laws and amend the A.o.C.

- 9/13 states need to approve created laws

- All states must agree to amendments

2. Print money, grant loans, & borrow money from other countries

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

II. Powers of Congress1. Pass laws and amend the A.o.C.

- 9/13 states need to approve created laws

- All states must agree to amendments

2. Print money, grant loans, & borrow money from other countries

3. Negotiate treaties and declare war

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

II. Powers of Congress1. Pass laws and amend the A.o.C.

- 9/13 states need to approve created laws

- All states must agree to amendments

2. Print money, grant loans, & borrow money from other countries

3. Negotiate treaties and declare war

4. No power to tax (Only states can levy taxes)

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

II. Powers of Congress1. Pass laws and amend the A.o.C.

- 9/13 states need to approve created laws

- All states must agree to amendments

2. Print money, grant loans, & borrow money from other countries

3. Negotiate treaties and declare war

4. No power to tax (Only states can levy taxes)

5. Maintain armed forces and request states for soldiers (States have permission to refuse request)

Source: Holt Chp.5/Sec.2

Challenge #1

Security

• “The Revolution has robbed us of our trade with the West Indies...without opening any other channels to compensate [make up for] it. In every point of view, the trade of this country is in deplorable [terrible] condition.”

-- James Madison

Challenge #2Foreign Trade

Challenge #2

Challenge #3

Interstate Commerce

Section Review

Section Review

Section ReviewWhat problems did the United States experience with regards to Spain and Great Britain?

Section ReviewWhat problems did the United States experience with regards to Spain and Great Britain?

What problems did the United States experience internally with regards to interstate commerce (trade) and inflation?

Section ReviewWhat problems did the United States experience with regards to Spain and Great Britain?

What problems did the United States experience internally with regards to interstate commerce (trade) and inflation?

What caused the inflation in the new nation? How could it have been prevented?

Section ReviewWhat problems did the United States experience with regards to Spain and Great Britain?

What problems did the United States experience internally with regards to interstate commerce (trade) and inflation?

What caused the inflation in the new nation? How could it have been prevented?

Explain How did Massachusetts’s tax policy affect farmers?

Section ReviewWhat problems did the United States experience with regards to Spain and Great Britain?

What problems did the United States experience internally with regards to interstate commerce (trade) and inflation?

What caused the inflation in the new nation? How could it have been prevented?

Explain How did Massachusetts’s tax policy affect farmers?

How did Shays’s Rebellion demonstrate the need for change in the national government? Did Daniel Shays and the other rebels have a right to rebel?

Section ReviewWhat problems did the United States experience with regards to Spain and Great Britain?

What problems did the United States experience internally with regards to interstate commerce (trade) and inflation?

What caused the inflation in the new nation? How could it have been prevented?

Explain How did Massachusetts’s tax policy affect farmers?

How did Shays’s Rebellion demonstrate the need for change in the national government? Did Daniel Shays and the other rebels have a right to rebel?

III. Weakness of the A.o.C.

• State gov’ts retained most of the power

• Central gov’t commanded little respect

Northwest Territory

Northwest Territory• How were the Northwest Territories divided

up?

Northwest Territory• How were the Northwest Territories divided

up?

• What criteria did a territory have to meet in order for it to be recognized as a state?

Northwest Territory• How were the Northwest Territories divided

up?

• What criteria did a territory have to meet in order for it to be recognized as a state?

• Was slavery allowed? Was education mandatory?

Northwest Territory• How were the Northwest Territories divided

up?

• What criteria did a territory have to meet in order for it to be recognized as a state?

• Was slavery allowed? Was education mandatory?

• Do people in the territories have the same rights as citizens living in the states?

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Northwest Territory