Identify the major problems facing the
2 nd Continental
Congress at the end of the war.
Identify the Articles of Confederation and what they set out to accomplish.
1. The former ______________ (now states) needed a new form of ___________.
They chose a _______________ (___________________________________) but had no modern day example to follow.
2. What ______________ would govern the land?
Many ________ constitutions were similar, but which to choose became an issue for the 13 states.
3. ______________________________________________________-
How would the states be represented in the new republic? Who would have the power & authority – the ______________ or the ______________ govt?
4. ______________________________________
Who owned and controlled ___________________ in the west? How would the nation and states pay their debts to citizens and foreign countries?
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Provided for a ______________ national government
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Gave Congress no power to ______ or regulate ____________ among the states
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Provided for no common ____________________
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Gave each state ___________________________ regardless of size
 Provided for no _________________ or __________________ branches
 Why do you think the Articles made such a weak National govt?
Weaknesses of the
Articles of
Confederation
Explain the purpose of the Land
Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest
Ordinance and why they are considered to be successes of the Articles of
Confederation.
Land Ordinance of 1785-
Northwest Ordinance 1787
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Opened up the Northwestern territories to settlement
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Established the process for _________________ to become states
 Banned _____________ in those territories and made the Ohio River the
 dividing line between free and slave states.
Why would this be a success?

Economic Problems
Could the Gov’t fix them under the
Articles?
Define the major economic issues facing the American government under the Articles of
Confederation.
Why were these a problem?
Explain the causes and effects of Shays
Rebellion.
The Philadelphia
Convention, 1787
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___________________________
The nation owed $190 __________ dollars to foreign countries for their help during the war.
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____________________________
Because the U.S. owed money to Loyalists for property damage and were in debt to British merchants, ___________ stationed ___________ and built forts in the Great Lakes area.
Spain closed the Mississippi River to US trade because the U.S. government owed Spain money.
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____________________________
Watch the video and summarize Shay’s Rebellion in your own words
Cause Effect
Thomas Jefferson: "I hold it that a little ________________ now and then is a
______________________." Why?
Do you think Shay’s Rebellion was a good thing or a bad thing? Why?
What was the purpose of the Philadelphia Convention?