Agenda
October 12-16
UNIT 4: WRITING THE CONSTITUTION
Warm Up
 Check the test results poster to see if you made a COLOR JUMP!!

 If you did, grab an ‘American Revolution’ paper from the front and
decorate/color it. Be sure your name is on it!!
 Hold on to it and I will come around to pick them up
 YOU DO NEED YOUR BINDER AND SOMETHING TO GRADE
WITH!
Tuesday, October 13
 We Will review our Revolution Era test
 I Will list the steps I need to take to increase my
performance on the next assessment
PROJECT
DUE
THURSDAY!
1. C
ANSWERS
13. A
2. H
14. J
3. A
15. A
4. H
16. H
5. D
17. C
6. G
18. G
7. B
19. A
8. G
20. G
9. C
21. B
10. F
22. H
11. D
23. A
12. G
GRADE
1. 96
13. 48
2. 91
14. 39
3. 87
15. 35
4. 83
16. 30
5. 78
17. 26
6. 74
18. 22
7. 70
19. 17
8. 65
20. 13
9. 61
21. 9
10. 57
22. 4
11. 52
23. 0
12. 48
Tuesday, October 13
I Will list the steps I need to take to increase my
performance on the next assessment
PROJECT
DUE
THURSDAY!
Warm Up
 1st
Great Awakening Video and
Questions
Wednesday, October 14
We will REVIEW the lowest 2
TEKS from the first 2 assessments
I will DEFEND why the colonists
listed the Quartering Act as a
grievance in the Declaration
ACTIVITY
 Grievance/Bill
of Rights Matching
 With
your partner, match the grievance to
how it was addressed in the Bill of Rights
 Complete
the Illustration Chart
I will DEFEND why the colonists
listed the Quartering Act as a
grievance in the Declaration
(on the back of your paper)
Thursday, October 15
WOD
Confederation- “a league of friendship” AND a union of
states in which each state retains some independent
control of internal and external affairs
RepublicGovernment where power is vested in the people who
elect their reps.
WARM UP QUESTION
Why did the delegates to the
nd
2
Continental Congress NEED to
write the Articles of
Confederation?
To establish a government SEPARATE
from Britain
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
ABC BOOK DUE TODAY
Wednesday, October 15
We Will summarize the
STRENGTHS and
WEAKNESSES of the Articles
of Confederation
I Will elaborate on the 4
weaknesses
ACTIVITY
Discuss Articles of Confederation (AOC)
• Use textbook pages 152-155
• AOC Strengths/Weaknesses Foldable
• AOC Nation/State Chart
Articles of Confederation
AMERICA’S FIRST CONSTITUTION
BOK PG. 27
Strengths
 States sent delegates to Congress
 Each state had one vote
 Created the Northwest Ordinance
 The national government had the power
to wage war, make peace, sign treaties,
issue money, appoint ambassadors, and
settle conflicts between states
Weaknesses

NO President (Executive)

NO Army

NO Courts (Judicial)

NO Taxing Power = $ problems

The national govt. could not force the states to obey it’s laws (regulate trade)

9/13 states agree to pass a law

13/13 states agree to amend (make changes)

Each state issued its own money

One vote per state, regardless of population

States were sovereign (governed themselves)
Effects/Results/Outcomes
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
*Set up rules for statehood once 60,000 people
*Outlawed slavery in new states (Northwest
territories)
*Free Education in new states
SGPT
Why were the states afraid to
give up too much power?
Articles of Confederation
Power
Executive
Power to make laws
Court system
Taxation
Settle conflicts
between states
Appoint
ambassadors
Raise armies
Make war
Make money
Make treaties
Regulate postal
system
Nation
State
I Will elaborate
on the 4 major
weaknesses of the
AOC
Friday , October 16
WOD
SOVEREIGN-POSSESSING ULTIMATE POWER
The Articles of Confederation allowed each state only one vote
in Congress. Which question reflects a major concern states
had about this arrangement?
F. Should states attempt to resolve conflicting claims to territory?
G. Should states change their procedure for selecting representatives?
H. Should unanimous state approval for national laws be required?
J. Should more populous states receive greater representation?
We Will IDENTIFY Shay’s
Rebellion
I Will CREATE 3 test questions
over Shay’s Rebellion
ACTIVITY
Read pgs. 161-162 (Shay’s Rebellion)
Cornell Notes
BOK pg. 27-bottom
Quotes and Questions over Shay’s
Rebellion
HIGH POINTS
Shay’s Rebellion
*It placed national attention on weaknesses of the government under the
Articles.
*It showed that the gov. could not keep order and that a stronger national
gov. was needed.
* It made it hard for the Confederation to ignore the weaknesses and
called for meetings to “fix” the Articles which led to the Constitutional
Convention.
SGPT
Who held most of the power
under the AOC?
Troubles Facing the
New Government
PAGE 27-BOK (BOTTOM)
Shays’s Rebellion
People
Daniel Shays
Farmers in
Mass.
Purpose
1786 revolt
against raised
taxes to pay
for the
Revolution
Farms were
being sold to
pay debts
Result
Saw the
Articles of
Confederation
did not work, a
convention
was called
Which side would you have supported
during Shay’s Rebellion: the farmers or
the officials who called out the militia?
Explain why
I Will CREATE 3 test questions
over Shay’s Rebellion