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The Articles and Writing the Constitution

The Articles and Writing the Constitution. Christian Wolfewicz Amanda Dukes Jake Esposito.

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The Articles and Writing the Constitution

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  1. The Articles and Writing the Constitution Christian Wolfewicz Amanda Dukes Jake Esposito

  2. Confederation (n): the act of uniting in a league, alliance, or conspiracy. The national government derives its power from the states, and each state is its own independent entity.

  3. Key Ideas of the Articles • National government with Congress that can make peace, coin money, appointment army officers, control post office, and negotiate with Indian tribes. • Each state is independent and free to govern itself. • Each state gets one vote in Continental Congress regardless of size. • Each state decides who represents it and how the representative is compensated.

  4. Problems Under Articles of Confederation • States disagreed on many important issues. • There was no national currency. • The national government couldn’t regulate trade. • States each made their own treaties instead of national treaties with other countries. • There was no executive authority.

  5. Role of Shay’s Rebellion in Replacing Articles of Confederation • Massachusetts enacted taxes and foreclosed on the homes of veterans. • Daniel Shay and 1,500 armed farmers protested against Massachusetts’ government. • Federal government had no central army or control to put down rebellion. • Weakness of central government due to AOC apparent.

  6. Characteristics and Motives of Framers • Members of the Constitutional Convention kept the information and ideas being drafted a secret. • Framers wanted the new government to repay the debt owed to them.

  7. New Jersey vs. Virginia Plan • Virginia Plan: • 3 Branches of Government • 2 House Legislature • Legislature has power to select executive and judiciary • New Jersey Plan: • Keep Articles of Confederation • 1 House Legislature • Congress has power to raise revenue • Create a Supreme court

  8. Three Fifth’s Compromise • Issue among how slaves were to be counted in terms of representation of each state in the legislature • Settled by counting each slave as 3/5ths of a person in representation

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