American History I

Unit 2 - Revolution and New Government

Day 5 – The End of the American Revolution

The Articles of Confederation (1777)

System of Government

Congress – Each State had one Vote.

Powers of Congress:

1. Make Laws

2. Declare War & Make Peace

3. Make Treaties & Alliances

4. Borrow Money

5. Maintain Army & Navy

Problems with the AOC

1. Congress weak – Limited Powers (most needed 9 of 13 states to agree)

2. No Executive Branch – Enforce Laws

3. No Judicial Branch – Settle State Disputes

4. No Power to Tax

5. No Money = No Military

6. No Amendments – Needed Approval of all 13 States

7. Thirteen different Tax and Trade Systems

Accomplishments of the Articles

1. American Revolution

2. Treaty of Paris

3. Ordinance of 1785

4. NW Ordinance of 1787

Treaty of Paris (1783)

John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay negotiate for U.S.

Ended the AR

United States recognized as Independent from Britain

The Mississippi River is set as the western border of the U.S.

British troops to leave US soil

The United States of America

North America was shared with France and Spain

Shays’s Rebellion

Massachusetts farmers who could not pay their taxes were losing their land

Daniel Shays leads a rebellion of about 1200 farmers

Shays and his men try to seize weapons from a federal arsenal

Rebellion squashed by federal troops

Shows the need for a stronger central government

Issues involving the AOC

British troops have not

left US soil French/Spanish will not

allow use of Mississippi River

Debts contracted during the Revolutionary War have not been paid

Shays’s Rebellion Economy is very poor

Crash Course – Reviewing Everything We Just Learned!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO7FQsCcbD8

2 Political Parties Form: Federalists

Want a strong national government

Support a newer and stronger Constitution

Anti-Federalists

Want stronger state gov’t

Thought a new

national gov’t would be too powerful

Wanted rights

guaranteed (Bill of Rights)

Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists Activity

Take 10 minutes to complete the readings/graphic organizer

Always with Primary Sources:

Look at the SOURCE first

Context – What’s going on in history?

Questions: What document was put in place to loosely create a

federal government?

What were some of the accomplishments of the A.o.C.?

What were the weaknesses of the A.o.C.?

What was the impact of Shays’s Rebellion?

Vocabulary Articles of Confederation

Treaty of Paris (1783)

Shays’s Rebellion