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Agenda

• Warm-up: Articles of Confederation Brain Pop and matching activity

• Articles of Confederation Reading

• Articles of Confederation Flow Chart

• Finish Liberty Kids if time • Homework: Articles of Confederation Quiz

will be Monday April 13.

1776

The Articles of Confederation

Content Objectives: Students will review the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

Language Objectives: Students will sort out the weakness of the Articles of Confederation. They will determine the cause and effect to create a flow chart.

May, 1776The Second Continental Congress had been meeting, planning what to do after King George’s refusal of the Olive Branch Proposal. Arguments were very heated about whether or not to declare independence from England.

The Committee of Five had been asked to write a document listing their reasons for separating from England.

• In May, 1776, the Continental Congress asked the states to organize their governments and to write a constitution for their own state.

• What is a constitution?

• A formal plan of government.

Notice to the “States”

Limiting Power

The memory of tyrannical King was fresh.

Americans did not want to give any state government too much power! Their new constitutions reflected this great desire in their state constitutions.

Agenda

• Warm-up: Articles of Confederation True/False

• Articles of Confederation Notes

• Articles of Confederation Flow Chart

• Finish Liberty Kids if time • Homework: Articles of Confederation

Reading.

But WHAT would they do about a national government?

Now what??

Now what what??

We need a government to make rules and run the war against Mother England!

Mine is in New York! We are fighting to get away a strong central government, not start a new one!

My government is in my colony, Maryland!

But we must work together!!

Second Continental Congress set up a committee

• Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence.

Committee wrote the “Articles of Confederation,”

15 articles that set up a “firm league of friendship.”

Article 1

Article 4

After a lot of debate,

blahblahblahblah

A confederation is a collection of independent states that can SUGGEST rules to each other, but not force individual citizens to do anything

I don’t belong to you!

We’re just friends, right?

Penn.

NY

Delaware

November, 1777

Congress adopts

Agenda

• Warm-up: Articles of Confederation True/False

• Articles of Confederation Notes

• Articles of Confederation Flow Chart

• Finish Liberty Kids if time • Homework: Articles of Confederation

Reading.

The Articles of Confederation

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Feel they needed a new stronger government

The Articles of Confederation

• Weakness #1– one house• One vote per state• Weakness #2-No power to collect taxes• Weakness # 3-No power to ENFORCE

any laws• Weakness # 4Unanimous vote • to change Articles• Weakness # 5 Issue • currency

The Articles of ConfederationOOPS – there were problems!

• Unicameral legislature – one house• One vote per state• No power to collect taxes• No power to ENFORCE any laws• Unanimous vote to change Articles• Issue currency• Ratified on March 1, 1781

The Confederation Government 1781-1789

• The Articles were too weak, and America was having new problems.

Good things. . .

• Even though the Articles of Confederation were weak, what do you think were some of the good things that happened because of the Articles?

Agenda

• Warm-up: Articles of Confederation True/False

• Articles of Confederation Notes

• Articles of Confederation Flow Chart

• Finish Liberty Kids if time • Homework: Articles of Confederation

Reading.