What are the 3 rights we are all allowed according to the Declaration of Independence? Who was the major writer of this document?

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What are the 3 rights we are all allowed
according to the Declaration of Independence? Who
was the major writer of this document?
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What Comes Next?
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2nd Continental Congress

• Declared independence from Britain
• 1776 New Hampshire was first to organize as a
  _________ and come up with a __________ (written
  plan for government)
• Within a few years all colonies had converted to
• _________ _______________

state
constitution
state constitutions
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States had

• ______________ to create laws
• Most were __________ (_____________)
• __________ to carry out laws
• To decide what laws meant and how they applied
  _____________________

legislatures
bicameral
2 houses
Governors
judges and courts
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United States

• States had some limitations like no large
  __________
• Feared another war with Britain so decided to
  unify
• 1777 - 2nd Continental congress wrote
  _________________________________ - Americas
  first constitution
• Confederation - _________ of individual states
  coming together for one purpose- league of
  _________________

armies
Articles of Confederation
group
friendship
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Articles of Confederation
Didnt have
Had

• 1 house legislature - each state had ___ vote
• had control over ________
• could deal with ____________ countries

• ________
• _________
• Could ask for
• _______
• from states,
• but couldnt demand it

laws
taxes
one
money
army
Foreign
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Accomplishments

• ___________ of 1785- Created a way to measure and
  sale western land
• established system of land surveying we still
  use today
• ______________ _________________-laid basis to
  organize new governments
• Established method of allowing states into union
• outlawed __________ in Western territory

Ordinance
Northwest Ordinance
slavery
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Problems

• Weak Central Government
• had to have _____ states agree to pass a law
• had to have a ___________ vote to change the
  Articles themselves
• No way to get _______ to pay for _________

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unanimous
money
war
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Shayss Rebellion

• States were also falling into _________
• As were individual _________ like Shays
• States were going to take his farm
• Shays and 1200 other farmers attacked a federal
  arsenal
• Served as a wake up call - 1787 a meeting set in
  Philadelphia to revise Articles

debt
farmers