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The Articles of Confederation & The Constitution of the United States

March 1781 (1777) & May 14, 1787. The Articles of Confederation & The Constitution of the United States. Limited Government. Articles established a “firm league of friendship” among the states Bills were passed on nine of thirteen votes

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The Articles of Confederation & The Constitution of the United States

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  1. March 1781 (1777) & May 14, 1787 The Articles of Confederation&The Constitution of the United States

  2. Limited Government • Articles established a “firm league of friendship” among the states • Bills were passed on nine of thirteen votes • Amending the Articles took unanimous consent of the states

  3. No power to raise funds for an army or navy No power to tax, impose tariffs, or collect duties No executive branch to enforce laws No power to control trade among the states No power to force states to honor obligations No power to regulate the value of currency Powers Denied to Government

  4. Problems?

  5. Trade with foreign nations Financing the nation Foreign relations Interstate relations Problems Facing the New Nation

  6. Meet and try again • September 1786 What to do???

  7. This is the Preamble (or introduction) of the Constitution.

  8. The Constitution was written in 1787 by 55 men we call the Framers of the Constitution.

  9. What is the Constitution? The Constitution says how the government works. It creates the President. It creates the Congress. It creates the Supreme Court.

  10. The Constitution sets up the government. • The government is split into three parts or branches. • One branch is the Congress. • The next branch is the President. • The last branch is the Courts. • Checks and Balances

  11. How it all works

  12. The Constitution gives us rights and freedoms as citizens of the United States.

  13. The law is the set of rules that we live by. The Constitution is the highest law. It belongs to the United States. It belongs to all Americans.

  14. First 10 Amendments to the Constitution To limit the power of the Federal Government Needed to get signatures for to ratify the Constitution The bill of rights

  15. 1 – Religion, speech, press, assemble, and petition 2 – Keep and bear arms 3 – No quartering of soldiers 4 – Unreasonable searches and seizures 5 – Due process, self-incrimination 6 – Speedy and public trial 7 – Trial by jury 8 – Cruel and unusual punishments 9 – Rights of other people 10 – Power reserved to the states Freedom of….

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