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Constitutional Convention
September 30, 2010
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2/24 Warm Up
Name 3 powers the central
government had under the
Articles of Confederation
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Central Gov’t under the Articles
 Set
up piracy courts
 Coin
money
 Borrow
money
 Conduct
foreign affairs
 Maintain
army & navy
 Negotiate
 Establish
treaties
post offices
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Objectives
Identify
weaknesses of the
Articles of Confederation
Identify
and explain the major
events leading to the
Constitutional Convention.
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Walk-about
 In
groups, you will move from picture to
picture around the room.
 Check
the number of the picture you are
working on!
 Analyze
the picture and determine what
weakness of the articles it represents.
 Fill
in the chart (all 3 columns!) on that
picture.
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The Break Down of the
Articles
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Annapolis Convention, 1786
Meeting
at Annapolis, Maryland of 12 delegates from
five states (NJ, NY, PA, DE, and VA) that called for a
constitutional convention.
 Wanted to fix barriers that limited trade between the
states.
The
commissioners felt that there were not enough
states represented to make any substantive agreement.
They
sent a report to Congress and the states asking for
a meeting the next May in Philadelphia. It expressed the
hope that more states would be represented and that
their delegates or deputies would be authorized to
examine areas broader than simply commercial trade.
The
direct result of the report was the Philadelphia
Convention of 1787.
Convention
Background
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Shay’s Rebellion
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Group of farmers take over a court room to try to prohibit the
court from seizing farmer’s property
Prompted people to reevaluate the Articles of Confederation
Convention delegates met in Philadelphia from May
25 to September 17, 1787
Convention was supposed to be focused on revising
the Articles but most of the delegates were intent on
creating a new government
Chose George Washington to preside over the
Convention