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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