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Page 1: A new nation

Please make a cover page in your SS notebook titled

Creating A New Nation*make sure each section is

included in a different color/highlighted in a

different color.

Page 2: A new nation

The Articles of Confederation

Provided for a weak national

government

Gave Congress no power to tax or regulate

commerce among the states

Provided for no common currency

Gave each state 1 vote regardless of size

Provided for no executive or

judicial branch

This was the first constitution written during

the revolution It was a great start but lacked 5 important factors

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Weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led to the effort to draft a new constitution…

Constitutional Convention State delegates met in Philadelphia and decided not to revise the Articles of Confederation but to write a new constitution. George Washington was elected president of the Constitutional Convention. Delegates debated over how much power should be given to the new government and how large and small states should be represented in the new government.

The structure of the new national government included 3 separate branches of

government : Legislative Executive Judicial (Separation of powers) The Great Compromise decided how many votes each state had in the Senate and House of Representatives. The Constitution was signed at the end of the convention.

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Click on the link below and complete the handout given in class.

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/usgovernmentandlaw/branchesofgovernment/

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Ratification of the Constitution

9 of the 13 states had to vote in favor of the Constitution before it could become law.

Bill of Rights Based on the Virginia Declaration of Rights (George Mason) and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (Thomas Jefferson)

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution provide a written guarantee of individual rights (e.g., freedom of speech, freedom of religion).