Lesson 8

Question 1

Confederation

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A form d political organization in which sovereign states delegate power to a central government for specified purposes

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Shays’ rebellion

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Group of several hundred farmers in west Massachusetts gathered under leadership of Daniel shays, attempting to regulate power of state government (regulators)

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Americans needed a way to manage

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Economic and political relationships among states
Resolve disputes
And conduct relations with the world

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Articles of confederation were used to accomplish

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America’s goals ( from previous slide)

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In 1754 Benjamin Franklin proposed a p

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Colonial government

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Idea of

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Regional confederations

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Ben Franklin submitted a draft for the

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Articles of confederation to the second continental congress in 1775

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Independence from Great Britain had been considered

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More important than draft

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Arrticles of confederation

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Agreement among the 13 colonies that acted similarly to a constitution

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Richard Henry Lee introduced resolutions to the second continental congress for

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Independence and government in 1776 from which came the declaration and articles

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Two concerns made it difficult to create a central government

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Fear of a strong national government and fear that some states would dominate

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(Fear of a strong central gov) each state was like a separate nation with

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Citizens having a voice in the government

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(Fear of a strong central gov) belief that strong central government that was far away would

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Deprive people of their rights including representation in government

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(Fear of a strong central gov) belief that republican government would only succeed in

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Small communities

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(Fear of a strong central gov) wanted to create “ a firm

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League of friendship”

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(Fear of a strong central gov) articles strictly defined

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Congress’s authority

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(Fear of a strong central gov) article 6 listed things states couldn’t do

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Send/receive ambassadors to foreign nations
Lay imposts/ duties that conflicted with national treaties
Maintain military forces beyond what’s considered necessary or engage in war

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(Fear of a strong central gov) confederation congress has no authority over

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Any person in state. Only state gov. Had authority over citizens

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(Fear of a strong central gov) congress had no power to

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Collect taxes from states or people. Could only request money from state governments

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(Fear of a strong central gov) congress had no power to regulate

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Trade among states

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(Fear that some states would dominate) three issues aligned groups of states against one another

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Representation and voting in congress
Apportionment of war expenses among the states
Territorial claims in west

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(Fear that some states would dominate) apportionment of war expenses among states

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State contributions to war effort based on total population or free population

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(Fear that some states would dominate) Territorial claims in west

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Some states had fixed western boundaries others had chatters that allowed them to expand

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(Fear that some states would dominate) territorial claims: would western land be

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Under congressional control

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(Fear that some states would dominate) solution to representation and voting

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Each state had one vote regardless of population | Nine states would have to agree for important issues such as whether to declare war

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(Fear that some states would dominate) solution for apportionment

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Formula for requesting funds that wasn't based on population

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(Fear that some states would dominate) formula was impractical because it was based on the amount of

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Settled improved land in each state

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Article II

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All states have sovereignty freedom and independence

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Article V

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Each state shall have one vote in congress and will have no less than two but no more than 7 members

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Article vIII

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War will be paid for out of common treasury. Taxes for war laid by state legislatures

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Article IX

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Congress is the last resort to resolve disputes between states Congress shall have power of regulating alloy and value of coin

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Article XIII

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No alteration should be made to the articles unless agreed on in congress and confirmed by state legislatures

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(Achievements of the national gov under the articles) the re

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Revolutionary war

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(Achievements of the national gov under the articles) secured recognition of

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American independence

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(Achievements of the national gov under the articles) congress established executive departments for administration of

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Finance, foreign relations, and military affairs (beginning of cabinet departments)

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(Achievements of the national gov under the articles) congress had ability to establish

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Courts (first federal courts)

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(Achievements of the national gov under the articles) northwest ordinance: defined

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Northwest territory and created plan for its government; laid out process by which territory could become a state and prohibited slavery in those territories

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(Weaknesses of articles) congress had no power to tax: only had power to request that

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States pay certain amounts to support costs of national government

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(Weaknesses of articles) congress could make agreements with foreign nations but could not

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Force states to honor them | Foreign nations were reluctant to deal with U.S. citizens

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(Weaknesses of articles) congress had no power to make laws regulating trade among states: some states

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Levied taxes on goods, which hindered with efficient and productive trade across states

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(Weaknesses of articles) congress had no power to make laws regulating citizen behavior: if citizens of a state

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Disobeyed a resolution, recommendation, or request by congress the national gov could not make them obey

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(Weaknesses of articles) some state governments refused to adhere to the

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Treaty of Paris which included protection of rights of loyalists

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(Weaknesses of articles) in many states divisions emerged between

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Localists and cosmopolitans

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(Weaknesses of articles) localist: people in

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Isolated rural areas belonging to small communities. Created paper money, causing inflation

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(Weaknesses of articles) cosmopolitans: lived in

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Seaports and larger towns; creditors, disagreed with paper money and canceling debts; thought state governments were corrupt; involved in international trade

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(Weaknesses of articles) too much --- in state governments

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Democracy; tyranny

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(Solutions) members of congress and founders wanted to give congress more power to

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Enforce laws and tax

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(Solutions) one of proposed changes: state contributions based on

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State population and three fifths ratio

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Federalist leaders began to look

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Outside of congress for support of changing articles

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(Solutions) a meeting of representatives of all states. Convention to discuss

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Constitutional changes

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(Solutions) five states sent representatives to

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Annapolis convention to discuss issues on trade

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(Solutions) request for a meeting in Philadelphia to

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Change articles of confederation | Passed

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(Shays' rebellion= change) shays rebellion convinced people of need for

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Stronger national government

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(Shays' rebellion= change) mass farmers suffered through

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Economic issues and lost their property. Discontent, mobs, rebels

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(Shays' rebellion= change) shays and followers attempted to capture

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Massachusetts arsenal. Militia called to get rid of reveion