Review Articles of Confederation Articles of Confederation Northwest

Review Articles of Confederation

Articles of Confederation Northwest Ordinance – Passed by confederation Congress – Created system for bringing new states into the union 2

Why were the Articles of Confederation so weak? Revolutionaries Disliked… So Under the Ao. C… • Taxation without representation • The federal government could not tax • Large central governments that • States didn’t have to follow federal laws had absolute power • Having to follow British legislation • States had their own laws and didn’t have to follow other states’ laws • Lots of power in a king’s hands • No executive branch or national • The king changing laws at any court system time • Any amendment required all 13 states’ approval 3

Background to Shays’s Rebellion • Massachusetts has war debts – So they tax to earn money • Farmers who can’t pay taxes – Lose land – Debtor’s prison – Indentured Servitude • Why would the people who just finished fighting the American Revolution be upset by such taxes? 4

Shays’s Rebellion • Read pages 234 -235 of your textbook and answer the following 3 questions. 5

Constitutional Convention • To amend the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. 6

Differing Perspectives • Did all Americans think the Articles of Confederation were too weak? – Read the back of your note sheet and answer the following questions individually. – Be prepared to discuss your answers. 7