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FORMING A UNION Reteaching Activity 9-1

Explore the formation of state constitutions post May 1776, addressing division of powers, voting restrictions, Bill of Rights, Articles of Confederation, weaknesses, and the push for a national constitution. Delve into the complexities and significance of early American governance.

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FORMING A UNION Reteaching Activity 9-1

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  1. FORMING A UNIONReteaching Activity 9-1 When state governments began to write new constitutions after May 1776, they divided power between two branches. These were a (1) legislative, or lawmaking branch, and an (2) executive branch that carried out the laws.

  2. The lawmaking branch was headed by a (3) governor with limited powers. In most states only white male property owners could vote. Women and (4) African Americans could not vote.

  3. By 1804 every state north of Maryland had passed laws freeing enslaved African Americans.

  4. Most state constitutions had a bill of rights that included the right to a trial by (5) jury and freedom of the (6) press.

  5. The Second Continental Congress believed that, in addition to state constitutions, a (7) national constitution was needed. In 1777 it passed the (8) Articles of Confederation. It was not until 1781 that all the states approved, or (9) ratified the Articles as the nation’s first national constitution.

  6. The long delay in approval occurred because the states could not agree on ownership of the lands between the (10) Appalachian Mountains and the (11) Mississippi River.

  7. Under the Articles, the central government was deliberately made weak. The states feared a strong central government as a result of their experience with the British monarch and (12) Parliament.

  8. Congress, which was now called the (13) Confederation Congress, could make laws, but it was left to the states to enforce these laws.

  9. There were other weaknesses in the Articles as well. There was no national court system. If states disagreed, there was no place where they could resolve their differences.

  10. Each state, no matter what its size, had only one vote in (14) Congress, a provision the larger states felt was unfair.

  11. Since Congress could not levy or collect (15) taxes, the states were expected to supply the money to finance a war or pay for the activities of the national government, but Congress had no way to force them to send it…!

  12. No national authority existed with the Articles. United States of America Articles of Confederation

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