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AMERICAN GOVERNMENTMR. HOOD21 OCTOBER 2013
2.3 THE CRITICAL PERIOD
AMERICAN GOVERNMENTMR. HOOD`S NOTES21 OCTOBER 2013
WHY IT MATTERS NOW?
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION ESTABLISHED A FAIRLY WEAK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH LED TO CONFLICTS AMONG THE STATES.
THE TURMOIL OF THE CRITICAL PERIOD OF THE 1780S LED TO THE WRITING OF THE CONSITUTION AND THE CREATION OF A STRONGER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
FIRST + SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
NO LEGAL BASE
CALLED IN AN EMERGENCY,
INTENDED TO BE TEMPORARY
SOMETHING MORE REGULAR + PERMANENT WAS
NEEDED
OBJECTIVE 1DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE OF
THE GOVERNMENT SET UP UNDER THE ARTICLES OF
CONFEDERATION.
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
FIRST ATTEMPT AT LASTING GOVERNMENT
“A FIRM LEAGUE OF FRIENDSHIP”
EACH STATE KEPT “ITS SOVEREIGNTY, FREEDOM, AND
INDEPENDENCE”
THE STATES CAME TOGETHER FOR THEIR “COMMON
DEFENSE”
“SECURITY OF THEIR LIBERTIES, AND THEIR MUTUAL AND GENERAL
WELFARE”
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
FINALLY RATIFIED IN 1781
1 – GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE
A CONGRESS WAS FORMED
EACH STATE HAD 1 VOTE IN CONGRESS
WHATEVER ITS POPULATION OR WEALTH
NO EXECUTIVE OR JUDICIAL BRANCHES
CONGRESS CHOSE ONE MEMBER AS PRESIDING
OFFICER
THERE IS NO PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES
2 – POWERS OF CONGRESS
SEVERAL IMPORTANT POWERS GIVEN TO CONGRESS
INCLUDING
MAKE WAR AND PEACE
SETTLE DISPUTES AMONG STATES
3 – STATE OBLIGATIONS
STATES PLEDGED TO OBEY
ARTICLES AND ACTS OF CONGRESS
PROMISED TO PROVIDE FUNDS AND TROOPS REQUESTED BY
CONGRESS
ALLOW OPEN TRAVEL AND TRADE BETWEEN
STATES
STATES WERE RESPOSIBLE FOR PROTECTING LIFE AND
PROPERTY
4 – WEAKNESSES
ARTICLES SEEMED STRONG
BUT INADEQUATE TO
THE NEEDS OF THE TIME
NO POWER TO TAX
COULD NOT REGULATE TRADE BETWEEN STATES
COULD NOT MAKE STATES OBEY
ARTICLES
REQUIRED SUPPORT OF 9/13 STATES TO
LEGISLATE
THIS PROVED IMPOSSIBLE
OBJECTIVE 2EXPLAIN WHY THE
WEAKNESSES OF THE ARTICLES LED TO A CRITICAL PERIOD FOR
THE GOVERNMENT IN THE 1780S.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR ENDED
BROUGHT NATION`S ECONOMIC + POLITICAL PROBLEMS INTO
FOCUS
PROBLEMS WITH ARTICLES SOON
SURFACES
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT UNABLE
TO ACT
STATES BICKERED AMONG
THEMSELVES
STATES BROKE ARTICLES
OF CONFEDERATION
AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS, + PRINTED OWN MONEY
LED TO ECONOMIC CHAOS
MOST FAMOUS INCIDENT SHAYS`
REBELLION
VIOLENT UPRISING
AGAINST STATES
OBJECTIVE 3DESCRIBE HOW A GROWING
NEED FOR A STRONGER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT LED
TO PLANS FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT.
ARTICLES CREATED GOVERNMENT UNABLE
TO DEAL WITH NATION`S TROUBLES
DEMAND FOR A STRONGER GOVERNMENT
SINGLE STATES MET IN
MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE
PROPOSED A MEETING
OF ALL STATES
MEETING BECAME THE CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION
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