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State Constitutions and Articles of Confederation: Key Concepts Overview

Learn about state constitutions' property qualifications, state governments, weak Articles of Confederation, trade issues, and Shays' Rebellion aftermath in this APUSH review. Discover the positive aspects like Northwest Land Ordinance.

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State Constitutions and Articles of Confederation: Key Concepts Overview

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  1. APUSH Review: Video #14: State Constitutions And The Articles Of Confederation After The American Revolution (Key Concept 3.2, II, A-B; 3.3, I, C) Everything You Need To Know About State Constitutions And The Articles Of Confederation To Succeed In APUSH Shoutout to Mr. Prophet’s class in San Fransisco! Thanks for watching www.APUSHReview.com

  2. New State Constitutions • Many constitutions placed property qualifications for voting and citizenship • Fear of the masses • Most property qualifications would be eliminated during Andrew Jackson’s presidency • State governments: • Most powerful branch was the legislative • Elected by the voters • Fear of a British monarch

  3. Articles Of Confederation • Think one word • WEAK! • The Articles were purposely designed this way. Why? • Fear of a strong central government like Britain • How were the Articles weak? • No executive branch • Unicameral legislature with one vote per state • State legislatures had incredible power

  4. Issues Under The Articles Of Confederation • International Trade: • Britain refused commercial treaties with US • Spain cut off access to MS River • Finances • Federal government could not tax - very little source of revenue • Each state could coin its own $ - differing values, inflation in some states • Difficulties with trade

  5. Issues Under The Articles Of Confederation • Interstate Commerce: • Each state could place tariffs on goods from other states • Federal government had no control over Interstate trade • Trade between two or more states • Foreign Relations • Weak government could not force Britain to leave posts after Rev. War

  6. Issues Under The Articles Of Confederation • Internal unrest: • Shays’ Rebellion: • Economic issues in the 1780s • Farmers in MA protested farm foreclosures and high state taxes • Rebellion lasted months -> no national military to stop it • All these issues led to many Americans wanted to revise the Articles

  7. A Positive Of The Articles Of Confederation • Northwest Land Ordinance (1787) • Nation could admit new states (once a population of 60,000 was reached) • Guaranteed freedom of religion and trial by jury • PRIOR to the Bill of Rights • Proceeds from the 16th square mile of 36 square miles went towards education • Abolished slavery • Protection of private property

  8. Quick Recap • Voting under state constitutions • Issues under Articles: • Trade • Finance • Foreign Relations • Internal Unrest • Northwest Land Ordinance

  9. See You Back Here For Video #15: The Constitutional Convention, Compromises, And The Federalist Papers • Thanks for watching • Best of luck!

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