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E! True Hollywood Story

• The First American GovernmentThe Good, The Bad,
  and the UGLY

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Catalyst

• Respond in1 paragraph (10 minutes)
• What do you think Luella would be like if each
  teacher could make his/her own rules and Mr.
  Smith didnt have central authority anymore?
• Imagine each teacher operated his/her own room
  and was completely separate from the rest of the
  school

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E! LHS Articles of Confederation
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With your hostMe!
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The constitution we did not hear about

• Before there was the American Constitutionthere
  were the Articles of Confederation!!!!
• Let me tell you, they were more of a disaster
  than Justin Bieber!

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Important Vocabulary

• Articles of Confederation
• 1st U.S. Constitution (1781-1788)
• -States had more power than national (federal)
  government
• -Each of the 13 states had 1 vote in congress
• Ratify
• To sign, approve, and make valid

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A little timeline

• July 4, 1776
• U.S. declares independence from Great Britain.
• The Declaration of Independence is published to
  the world.

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A little timeline

• November 15, 1777
• Congress completes the Articles of
  Confederation.
• The final version of the Articles of
  Confederation is adopted by Congress and
  submitted to the states for ratification.
• (Ratify means to approve!)

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A little timeline

• March 1, 1781
• Establishment of the U.S. Government.
• Maryland ratifies the Articles of Confederation,
  formally establishing the first government of the
  United States!

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Good times

• It seems like the Articles of Confederation was
  the answer to everyones problem!
• Problem 1 Fear of a strong government because of
  Great Britain
• SOLUTION Weak national government, states have
  more power
• Problem 2 States worried certain larger states
  would control congress
• SOLUTION EVERY state (all 13 of them) had the
  same amount of votes in Congress- 1, no matter
  how big or small the state was!

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The Articles of Confederation

• Our first constitution came to life in 1781!
• The Articles of Confederation

Articles of Confederation Born 1781
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A little timeline

• September 3, 1783
• Signing of Treaty of Paris
• The Treaty of Paris establishes the terms of
  peace between the United States and Great
  Britain.
• FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOMMMMMMMM!

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Hard Times

• Like all celebrities, the Articles of
  Confederation ran into some problems after its 15
  minutes of fame
• Americans started to dislike the Articles of
  Confederationbecause the national government
  didnt have enough power and states started
  competing with each other (Shays Rebellion)

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The Articles of Confederation

• It looks like Lindsay Lohan and Lamar Odom will
  have a new friend in rehab

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A little timeline

• May 25, 1787
• First meeting of the Constitutional Convention
• Delegates from all states except Rhode Island
  meet in Philadelphia for the purpose of revising
  the Articles of Confederation.

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A little timeline

• September 17, 1787
• Draft of constitution submitted to the states
• The Constitutional Convention sends its draft of
  the U.S. Constitution to the states for
  ratification.

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Once you are done categorizing the A.O.C.

• Decide if the AOC were good or bad. Write a
  paragraph either supporting or criticizing the
  AOC using at least 3 pieces of evidence.
• Look at your list of weaknesses and decide what
  was the biggest weakness.

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The First American Government
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Up Next

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• Dont miss the newest episode on the
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WEAKEST LINK

• In your groups, you must argue why your
  weaknesses is the most important weakness!

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Exit Ticket

1. What are the Articles of confederation?
2. What does it mean to Ratify something?
3. Who had more power under the AOC- states or the
   national government?
4. What is one weakness of the AOC?

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Journal Question

• The U.S. government just came up with a way to
  eavesdrop on people using their own cell
  phoneseven when their phones are turned off!!
• Do you think the U.S. government has too much
  power if they are able to do this? EXPLAIN.

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Debate over Ratification

• There was a debate whether or not the U.S. should
  ratify the Constitution.
• Ratify to approve.

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Debate over Ratifaction

• To have a strong government or not to have a
  strong government, that is the question.

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The Federalists

• The federalists supported the Constitution.
• They wanted a strong national government.

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The Antifederalists

• The Antifederalists were against the
  Constitution.
• The Antifederalists feared that the Constitution
  would create a government that was too strong and
  would end up just like King George of
  Englandwhat a jerk he was!

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Key Points Federalists

• 1. Want a STRONG national governmentsupport
  Constitution.
• 2. Want both state and national governmentbut
  National is stronger. Wanted federalism.
• 3. Want an executive branch (president) and
  other branches.
• 4. Want popular sovereigntymeaning government
  has to please people
• 5. Believe Bill of Rights unnecessary.

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Key Points of Antifederalists

• 1. They want limited government and rule of law.
• 2. They feared that a national government would
  have too much power.
• 3. Believed that state power should have more
  power than national governmentbecause theyre
  closer.
• 4. Criticized the Constitution because it lacked
  the Bill of Rights which gave people their
  freedom.
• 5. They favored a weak national government of
  the U.S.they wanted the A.O.C.

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Key points of Federalists

• 1. They believed the Bill of Rights was
  unnecessary because government had limited power.
• 2. They both wanted written Constitution that
  had limited government.
• 3. Wanted a republican government with a strong
  national government.
• 4. They wanted both state and national
  government but national government to be strong.
• 5. They wanted federalismwhich is a division of
  power between states and national government.

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Small States Unhappy

• Small states were upset because they worried they
  would not get their voices heard because the
  large states would dominate the national
  government.

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The Great Compromise

• To make sure both large and small states were
  happy, they decided to
• Determine the number of representatives in the
  House of Representatives by the states
  population. (Makes big states happy)
• Give EVERY state 2 representatives in Senate.
  (Makes small states happy)

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Federalists

• 1. Wanted a republican government (which means
  there are representatives)
• 2. Strong National Government
• 3. Believe that power in the national government
  should be splitwith president and other branches
  of government.
• 4. Believe that the people should NOT vote for
  the presidentonly house of representatives
• 5. Believe the Bill of Rights was not necessary.

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Antifederalist

• 1. Believe that the constitution needed a Bill
  of Rights. --Because the bill of rights would
  prevent strong government from taking peoples
  rights.
• 2. Wanted a republic government.
• 3. Wanted a weak government.
• 4. Wanted states to have power.
• 5. Believe that state power should be stronger
  than national government.
• 6. Believe constitution gave too much power to
  the national government.

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2 things to get our Constitution

• 1. Great Compromisemade small states and large
  states happy.
• 2. Bill of Rightsonce the bill of rights was
  included in the constitution, the Antifederalists
  agreed to sign the Constitution.
• (Bill of Rights made Antifederalists happy
  because its citizens freedomdidnt have to
  worry about too strong a government because their
  rights were protected.

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Independent Practice

• You are to choose one of the following
• Pretend you are a FEDERALIST. Write a letter
  convincing your friend why the Constitution is
  necessary and so great.
• Pretend you are an ANTIFEDERALIST. Write a
  letter convincing your friend why the
  Constitution is horrible and would ruin America.

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