Creating a New Creating a New GovernmentGovernment

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•The student will describe The student will describe the impact of events that the impact of events that led to the ratification of led to the ratification of the United States the United States Constitution and the Bill of Constitution and the Bill of RightsRights

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•A. Analyze the strengths and A. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of both the weaknesses of both the Georgia constitution of 1777 Georgia constitution of 1777 and the Articles of and the Articles of Confederation and explain Confederation and explain how weaknesses in the how weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led Articles of Confederation led to a need to revise the Articlesto a need to revise the Articles

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•B. Describe the role of B. Describe the role of Georgia at the Georgia at the Constitutional Convention of Constitutional Convention of 1787 including the role of 1787 including the role of Abraham and William Few, Abraham and William Few, and reasons why Georgia and reasons why Georgia ratified the new Constitutionratified the new Constitution

Creating a New Creating a New GovernmentGovernment

•The national government that The national government that had been established by the had been established by the Articles of ConfederationArticles of Confederation had had limited powerlimited power

•The founding fathers wanted The founding fathers wanted it to be very different from it to be very different from England’s governmentEngland’s government

How was it different?How was it different?

•Unicameral legislature – Unicameral legislature – CongressCongress

•Federal Government had Federal Government had little powerlittle power

•State Government had lots State Government had lots of powerof power

WeaknessesWeaknesses

•Congress Congress could not pay could not pay soldierssoldiers during or after during or after Revolutionary WarRevolutionary War

•Congress asked States for Congress asked States for help, States refusedhelp, States refused

•Did not have power to Did not have power to regulate traderegulate trade with other with other states or with other countriesstates or with other countries

WeaknessWeakness•Each State had their own Each State had their own

money systemmoney system•British reoccupied some of the British reoccupied some of the

forts, Congress could not do forts, Congress could not do anything about itanything about it

•Causing foreign countries to Causing foreign countries to have little respect for the new have little respect for the new countrycountry

StrengthsStrengths

•No longer No longer under a under a monarchymonarchy

2 important men from 2 important men from GeorgiaGeorgia

•William William FewFew

•Abraham BaldwinAbraham Baldwin

Constitutional Constitutional ConventionConvention•1786 – only 5 of 13 delegates 1786 – only 5 of 13 delegates

metmet•1787 – In Philadelphia, all 1787 – In Philadelphia, all

attendedattended•When the Convention ended, When the Convention ended,

the the United States United States Constitution was signedConstitution was signed

Large to Small Large to Small

•ABRAHAM BALDWINABRAHAM BALDWIN – – helped solve the large and helped solve the large and small state representation crisissmall state representation crisis

•The states in the South had a The states in the South had a larger slave population than larger slave population than those in the Norththose in the North

•Therefore: the South had more Therefore: the South had more delegates than the Northdelegates than the North

Slave PopulationSlave Population

•Slaves would count for Slaves would count for only 3/5 of the total only 3/5 of the total populationpopulation

William FewWilliam Few

•Served in the Provincial Served in the Provincial Congress, Continental Congress, Continental Congress, and the Georgia Congress, and the Georgia Assembly (from Georgia)Assembly (from Georgia)

•Represented and signed Represented and signed the new Constitutionthe new Constitution

United States United States ConstitutionConstitution•3 branches of government3 branches of government

–ExecutiveExecutive–LegislativeLegislative–JudicialJudicial

Legislative BranchLegislative Branch

•Senate (two per state)Senate (two per state)•House of Representatives House of Representatives

(number was based on (number was based on population of each state)population of each state)

Making changes to the U.S. Making changes to the U.S. ConstitutionConstitution

•Delegates provided a Delegates provided a method of changing or method of changing or adding to Constitutionadding to Constitution

•Bill Of Rights Bill Of Rights (first ten additions)

New GovernmentNew Government

•Elected George Elected George Washington as the 1Washington as the 1stst presidentpresident

•Known as “Father of his Known as “Father of his country”country”

New start for GeorgiaNew start for Georgia

•Years of hardships and Years of hardships and money problemsmoney problems

•Georgia’s new government Georgia’s new government had to help the people with had to help the people with basic items (flour and corn basic items (flour and corn meal) until they could meal) until they could harvest their ownharvest their own

Georgia’s capital movesGeorgia’s capital moves

•From Savannah to From Savannah to AugustaAugusta

General AssemblyGeneral Assembly

•The new legislature= The new legislature= Bicameral (two houses)Bicameral (two houses)

•Elected by popular voteElected by popular vote•Then it selected the Then it selected the

governor and othersgovernor and others