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RESULTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION NO CHANGE IN POLITICAL POWER NO CHANGE IN ECONOMIC POWER NO CHANGE FOR WOMEN OR AFRIC

RESULTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION NO CHANGE IN POLITICAL POWER NO CHANGE IN ECONOMIC POWER NO CHANGE FOR WOMEN OR AFRICAN-AMERICANS LOST TRADE WITH BRITISH MARKETS ECONOMIC DEPRESSION. WHAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT?.

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RESULTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION NO CHANGE IN POLITICAL POWER NO CHANGE IN ECONOMIC POWER NO CHANGE FOR WOMEN OR AFRIC

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  1. RESULTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION NO CHANGE IN POLITICAL POWER NO CHANGE IN ECONOMIC POWER NO CHANGE FOR WOMEN OR AFRICAN-AMERICANS LOST TRADE WITH BRITISH MARKETS ECONOMIC DEPRESSION

  2. WHAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT?

  3. AMERICAN REVOLUTION ONLY REVOLUTION IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD THAT DID NOT END IN A DICTATORSHIP

  4. LIST IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE WHAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE THE 5 MOST IMPORTANT RIGHTS ALSO: IS THERE ANYTHING FOR WHICH YOU WOULD GIVE UP YOUR FRIENDS, FUTURE, FAMILY, AND/OR LIFE?

  5. ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION (1776-1780’s) LIBERALISM: FEAR OF STRONG CENTRAL GOVT STRONG FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY NO EXECUTIVE BRANCH NO SUPREME COURT NO POWER TO TAX *** NO POWER TO COIN MONEY NO ARMY (80 MEN) NO CONTROL OF TRADE (INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL) 1 STATE – 1 VOTE (1 HOUSE OF LEGISLATURE)

  6. ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION • (1776-1780’s) • DELIBERATELY WEAK FEDERAL GOVT • GIVE STATES POWER • PROBLEMS: • FEDERAL GOVT CAN NOT TAX (NO $$$) • 7 STATES PRINTING MONEY • 9 STATES HAVE OWN NAVY (TO PROTECT TRADE) • STATES PASS TARIFF LAWS AGAINST EACH OTHER • TRADE STARTS TO COLLAPSE

  7. ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION • (1776-1780’s) • ONE POSITIVE THING FROM ARTICLES: • NORTHWEST ORDINANCE OF 1787: • NORTHWEST TERRITORY ORGANIZED/ESTABLISHED BY THE ARTICLES • MEANWHILE….

  8. ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION • (1776-1780’s) • DEPRESSION HITS STATES: • STATES IMPOSE HIGHER TAXES • PEOPLE CAN NOT AFFORD TO PAY, LOSING LAND • RIOTS SPREAD • EXETER, NH (1786): • 200 ARMED FARMERS INVADE STATE HOUSE & SEIZE LEGISLATURE • DEMAND CANCELLATION OF ALL DEBTS (MORTGAGE, TAXES) – LEGISLATURE REFUSES • STATE MILITIA SURROUNDS STATE HOUSE, FARMERS GIVE UP & GO HOME…

  9. ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION • (1776-1780’s) • RIOTS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CONFEDERATION • WESTERN MASSSACHUSSETTES: FARMERS: • REFUSE TO PAY TAXES • CLOSE COURTS • DESTROY RECORDS (DEBTS) • 2000 FARMES LED BY DANIEL SHAY • “SHAY’S REBELLION”

  10. ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION • (1776-1780’s) • “SHAY’S REBELLION” • FEDERAL ARESENAL IN SPRINGFIELD, MA, OWNED BY FED GOVT • SHAY & FARMERS GO TO SEIZE ARSENAL/WEAPONS • FED GOVT WITH ARMY OF 80 REQUEST 2000 VOLUNTEERS FOR U.S. ARMY (GETS 125) • STATE OF MA FORBIDS FED TROOPS FROM ENTERING MA – MA WILL RAISE ARMY TO PROTECT ARSENAL; PUTS DOWN REBELLION • REBELLIONS BECOME MORE COMMON • FED GOVT POWERLESS (ANARCHY APPROACHING)

  11. ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION • (1776-1780’s) • CONFLICT ON THE POTOMAC RIVER: • WHO CONTROLS IT, MD OR VA? (TRADE ROUTES!) • EACH THREATEN TO GO TO WAR • MEETING AT MT VERNON W/GEORGE WASHINGTON • SEES PROBLEMS SPREADING TO OTHER STATES • ANOTHER MEETING AT ANNANPOLIS, MD • INCLUDES NJ, NY, PA, DE, VA, MD • DISCUSS NAVIGATION & TRADE ON RIVERS • CALL MEETING AT PHILADELPHIA, PA • INVITE ALL 13 STATES • DISCUSS TRADE (NOT GOVT), 1 REP PER STATE

  12. DISCUSSION SPREADS TO NEW IDEAS FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STATES PROPOSE DIFFERENT PLANS

  13. 2 PLANS DISCUSSED: VIRGINIA PLAN & NEW JERSEY PLAN

  14. VIRGINIA PLAN • FAVORS LARGE STATES • 2 HOUSES OF LEGISLATURE • BOTH BASED ON POPULATION • SINGLE EXECUTIVE • GOVT INVOLVED IN NATIONAL MATTERS • GOVT CAN OVERRULE STATES • FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM

  15. NEW JERSEY PLAN • FAVORS SMALL STATES • 1 HOUSE OF LEGISLATURE • 1 STATE = 1 VOTE • MORE THAN 1 EXECUTIVE • SOME TYPE OF COMMITTEE • LIMITED INVOLVEMENT IN NATIONAL MATTERS • CAN NOT OVERRULE STATES • NO COURTS (ONLY STATE COURTS)

  16. CONNECTICUT PLAN: COMPROMISE • 2 HOUSES OF LEGISLATURE • 1 BASED ON POPULATION • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE • 1 BASED ON 1 VOTE PER STATE • SENATE • STATE LEGISLATURES PICK • SINGLE EXECUTIVE: • ELECTORAL VOTES (BY STATES) • FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM

  17. CONNECTICUT PLAN: COMPROMISE • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • BASED ON POPULATION • HOW DO YOU COUNT POPULATION? • NORTH VS SOUTH  SLAVERY • COMPROMISE: • SLAVES = 3/5 OF A PERSON • ABOLISH SLAVE TRADE IN 1808

  18. CONSTITUTION TAKEN DIRECTLY TO THE STATES • FOR APPROVAL (BYPASSES CONGRESS) • FEDERALISTS: SUPPORT IT • FEDERALIST PAPERS WRITTEN SUPPORTING CONSTITUTION • ALEXANDER HAMILTON • JAMES MADISON • JOHN JAY

  19. ANTI-FEDERALISTS: AGAINST CONSTITUTION • ANTI-FEDERALISTS PAPERS ALSO PUBLISHED, DIFFICULT TO FIND • PATRICK HENRY • SAMUEL ADAMS • CONCERNS: • NO BILL OF RIGHTS • EXECUTIVE (PRESIDENT) TOO STRONG • CONGRESS TOO STRONG • NATIONAL GOVT TOO STRONG

  20. DELAWARE FIRST TO APPROVE CONSTITUTION • RI LAST TO APPROVE IT IN 1790 • CONSTITUTION RATIFIED • ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENT HELD: • GEORGE WASHINGTON ELECTED • JOHN ADAMS ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT • (VP: PERSON COMING IN 2ND PLACE) • BILL OF RIGHTS PASSED IN 1791

  21. PRESIDENT WASHINGTON’S CABINET • SECRETARY OF STATE: THOMAS JEFFERSON*** • SECRETARY OF WAR: HENRY KNOX • SECRETARY OF TREASURY: ALEXANDER HAMILTON*** • ATTORNEY GENERAL: EDMUND RANDOLPH • ***2 OPPOSING VIEWS OF GOVERNMENT***

  22. HAMILTON’S VIEW • SECRETARY OF TREASURY • FEDERALIST PARTY • HAMILTON, WASHINGTON, ADAMS • SOCIALLY: BIG BUSINESS & BANKS • POLITICS: STRONG CENTRAL GOVT • ECONOMICS: GOVT CONTROLS • CONSTITUTION: “LOOSE” INTERPRETATION(IF IT DOESN’T SAY YOU CAN’T, THEN YOU CAN) • FOREIGN AFFAIRS: PRO-BRITISH

  23. JEFFERSON’S VIEWS • SECRETARY OF STATE • DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLIC PARTY • JEFFERSON, MADISON, MONROE • SOCIALLY: COMMON MAN (AGRICULTURE/FARMERS) • POLITICS: STATE RIGHTS • ECONOMICS: LAISSEZ FAIRE • CONSTITUTION: “STRICT” INTERPRETATION(IF IT DOESN’T SAY YOU CAN, THEN YOU CAN’T) • FOREIGN AFFAIRS: PRO-FRENCH

  24. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES • ARTICLE 1: • LEGISLATIVE BRANCH (CONGRESS) • ARTICLE 2: • EXECUTIVE BRANCH • ARTICLE 3: • JUDICIAL BRANCH • ARTICLE 4: • RELATIONS OF STATES TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

  25. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES • ARTICLE 5: • AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION • ARTICLE 6: • SUPREMACY OF NATIONAL LAW • ARTICLE 7: • RATIFYING THE CONSTITUTION

  26. ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION: - 5 PARTS - 3 SPECIFIC PROBLEMS SHAY’S REBELLION STATE VS STATE PROBLEMS VIRGINIA PLAN (5 PARTS) NEW JERSEY PLAN (5 PARTS) CONNECTICUT PLAN/COMPROMISE (4 PARTS) FEDERALIST PARTY VS DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN PARTY - 6 PARTS CONSTITUTION: STRUCTURE/ARTICLES PARAGRAPH ANALYSIS, CITATION

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