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From Confederation to
Constitution
1776-1790
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State constitutions:
In 1776, Continental Congress called on States to create constitutions
Sovereignty was tied to Republican ideals
Revolutionary ideas:
written (transcendent)
bill of rights
mandatory elections
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Articles of Confederation
Creation:
First constitution of the United States
Commissioned by 2nd CC
Ratified in 1781 by all 13 States:
Land Disputes
(western lands sold to pay debt/Federal control)
Maryland (1781)
NY/VA PA/M
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Articles of Confederation
Structure:
Each state had a single vote:
Disproportionate power for small states
Bills required 2/3 vote
Amendments to the Articles required unanimous consent
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Articles of Confederation
Separation of Power:
Federal-Could make war or peace
-Send and receive ambassadors
-Make treaties
-Borrow money
-Set up a money system
-Establish post offices
-Build a navy
-Raise an army by asking the
states for troops
-Settle disputes among the states
-Fix uniform standards of weights
and measures
States-Allow open trade and travel
-Treat citizens of other states
equally
-Provide funds and troops
requested by Congress
-Surrender fugitives to one
another
-Give credit to the public acts,
records, and judicial
proceedings of every other
state
-Submit their disputes to
Congress for settlement
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Articles of Confederation
Separation of Power:
Federal-Could make war or peace
-Send and receive ambassadors
-Make treaties
-Borrow money
-Set up a money system
-Establish post offices
-Build a navy
-Raise an army by asking the
states for troops
-Settle disputes among the states
-Fix uniform standards of weights
and measures
States-Allow open trade and travel
-Treat citizens of other states
equally
-Provide funds and troops
requested by Congress
-Surrender fugitives to one
another
-Give credit to the public acts,
records, and judicial
proceedings of every other
state
-Submit their disputes to
Congress for settlement
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Articles of Confederation:
State
State
State State
State
Fed
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Articles of Confederation
Legislation:
Northwest Ordinance(1787)
Old Northwest regions would
first begin as a territory
Territories would become a
state when it had 60,000
inhabitants; equal status w/
other states
Land Ordinance (1785)
Old Northwest (modern-day OH,
IN, IL, MI) should be sold;
proceeds to pay national debt
Solution to
thorny problem
of COLONIES
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Articles of Confederation
Weaknesses:
Congress had no
power to regulate
commerce
Congress could not
enforce its tax-
collection program
States retained
power to tax / raise
an army
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Shays’ RebellionFarmers in Massachusetts were being heavily taxed to pay off war debt
Many lost farms through mortgage foreclosures and tax delinquencies
Farmers joined Daniel Shays in rebellion. They closed courthouses to prevent the courts from seizing any more farms
Jan. 1787, Shays and 1,200 farmers marched on the arsenal
Rebellion was put down violently
This showed the AofC was not a good government
Americans felt the Social Contract was broken
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Constitutional Convention (1787)
Delegates from 12 states convened to “fix” the AofC
Strong anti-nationalists like Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, and Samuel Adams did not attend
Washington elected chairman; presided over the convention
Delegates scrapped the AofC in favor of a new constitution
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VA Plan (Madison)
Bicameral Congress
Representation = POPULATION
Larger states would have a
political advantage
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NJ Plan (Paterson)
Unicameral Congress
Representation = EQUALITY
Advocated by those in the
states w/ smaller populations
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The Great Compromise
Proposed by Roger
Sherman
Bicameral Congress
Smaller states
conceded
representation by
population in the House
of Representatives
Larger states conceded
equal representation in
the Senate
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3/5 CompromiseNorth argued that slaves
should not be counted
since they were not
citizens
South argued their smaller
population would lead to
northern domination
Compromise: Slaves would
count as 3/5 of a person for
representation purposes in
the House
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Conservative Safeguards
Electoral
College
Separation
of Powers
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Conservative Constitution
(1789)Based on principle that the only legitimate government was one based on the consent of the governed (John Locke)
“The Elastic Clause”
“Supremacy Clause”
Bill of Rights
Restored economic & political stability of the colonial era.
Separation of Powers:
- Executive: enforces the law
- Legislative: makes the law
- Judicial: interprets the law
State
State
State State
State
Fed
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Ratification Special elections held in the various states for members of the ratifying conventions
Federalists v Anti-Federalists
Federalists: Argued in favor of the Constitution (John Jay, James Madison, and Uber-Federalist Alexander Hamilton)
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Ratification Special elections held in the various states for members of the ratifying conventions
Federalists v Anti-Federalists
Federalists: Argued in favor of the Constitution (John Jay, James Madison, and Uber-Federalist Alexander Hamilton)
Anti-Federalists: Wanted a bill of rights attached to Constitution (Patrick Henry, Sam Adams, Richard Henry Lee)
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By 1788, nine states had
ratified the Constitution,
and Congress adopted it.
The four remaining
states (VA, NY, NC, and
RI) narrowly agreed, and
in 1790, all 13 States
were united under the
Constitution.
Ratification