DO NOW
LIST AND EXAPLAIN SOME
PROBLEMS THAT OUR NEW
NATION WILL ENCOUNTER
Problems for
New Nation
PROBLEMS FACING THE NEW
NATIONS
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Economic
Problems
◦ Need $$$
◦ Debt
◦ Recession
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Foreign Relations
◦ Need to make
friends
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State Relations
◦ “United” only by
name
The Articles of Confederation
America’s 1st Constitution 1781-1789
The Articles had 2 major
achievements:
1)Bringing the Revolutionary War
to a successful conclusion
2) North West Ordinance and Land
Ordinance of 1785 – set
precedent for adding states
The Articles of Confederation
America’s 1st Constitution 1781-1789
Congress was given
the power to:
Declare War &
Establish an
Army/Navy
No Power to
Draft Soldiers
The Articles of Confederation
America’s 1st Constitution 1781-1789
Congress was given
the power to:
Make Peace &
Sign Treaties
No Power to
Enforce Treaties
The Articles of Confederation
America’s 1st Constitution 1781-1789
Congress was given
the power to:
Borrow Money
No Power to
Collect Taxes
from the States
The Articles of Confederation
America’s 1st Constitution 1781-1789
Congress was given
the power to:
Organize a
Post Office
The Articles of Confederation
America’s 1st Constitution 1781-1789
Congress was given
the power to:
No Chief Executive
No national court system
No Power to Regulate
Interstate Commerce
No National Currency
Difficult to Pass laws
(2/3 vote)
The Articles of Confederation
America’s 1st Constitution 1781-1789
Congress was given
the power to:
Difficult to
Amend
(unanimous vote
needed to change the
articles)
The Articles of Confederation
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Congress given the
power to:
Declare War
Make Peace
Sign Treaties
Borrow Money
Establish an Army &
Navy
Organize a Post
Office
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No Chief Executive
No National Court System
No Power to Draft Soldiers
No Power to Control Interstate
Commerce
No Power to Enforce Treaties
No Power to Collect Taxes from the
States
Difficult to Pass Laws (2/3 vote)
No National Currency
Difficult to Amend
(Unanimous Vote Needed to Change
Articles)
Why did the Founding Fathers Choose a
Confederation plan of government?
They feared that a strong central
government would create tyranny, and
stamp out the peoples natural God given
rights.
Shay’s Rebellion
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Farmers in Mass.
Taxed and in a lot of
debt
◦ Would go to jail
Planned to seize
ammunition and
arms
● Daniel Shay leads
an uprising in the
spirit of the
“Revolution”
● Gov. cant stop it
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Reactions….
What should be the government’s major
concern according to Jefferson?
I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is
a good thing, and as necessary in the
political world as storms in the physical.
Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally
establish the encroachments on the rights
of the people which have produced them.
An observation of this truth should render
honest republican governors so mild in
their punishment of rebellions as not to
discourage them too much. It is a medicine
necessary for the sound health of
government
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Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison, Jan. 30, 1787