SS8H4a Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of both the Georgia Constitution of 1777 and the Articles of Confederation and explain how weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led to a need to revise the Articles.

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SS8H4aAnalyze the strengths and weaknesses
of both the Georgia Constitution of 1777 and the
Articles of Confederation and explain how
weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led
to a need to revise the Articles.

• Concepts
• Governance
• Rule of Law

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GEORGIA STATEHOOD and the U.S. CONSTITUTION

• Write the EQ at the top of your paper
• ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• What were the strengths and weaknesses of the
  Georgia Constitution of 1777?

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GEORGIA CONSTITUTION OF 1777

• STRENGTHS
• Separation of govt Powers
• 8 Counties (local government) each county had its
  own government, court, school, and militia
• Citizens were guaranteed freedom of religion,
  press, and trial by jury

• WEAKNESSES
• Uni-cameral legislature (one house) had too much
  power appoint (choose) the Governor and judges
• Governor served only a 1 year term
• Only white men 21 and over with property could
  vote
• Amending (changing) the constitution was
  difficult

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GOVERNOR
STATE JUDGES
GA Constitution of 1777
EXECUTIVE
JUDICIAL
LEGISLATIVE
LEGISLATORS (lawmakers)
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Appointed by executive council
Appointed by legislature
1 year term
GOVERNOR
STATE JUDGES
Very little power
GA Constitution of 1777
EXECUTIVE
JUDICIARY
LEGISLATIVE
Uni-cameral (1 house) called the
House of Assembly
Power to appoint Governor and judges
LEGISLATORS (lawmakers)
Have most of the power
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Primary Source Document

• GEORGIA CONSTITUTION OF 1777
• Article IX. All male white inhabitants,
  of the age of twenty-one years, and possessed in
  his own right of ten pounds value, and liable to
  pay tax in this State, or being of any mechanic
  trade, and shall have been resident six months in
  this State, shall have a right to vote at all
  elections for representatives, or any other
  officers...

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SS8H4aAnalyze the strengths and weaknesses
of both the Georgia Constitution of 1777 and the
Articles of Confederation and explain how
weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led
to a need to revise the Articles.

• Concepts
• Governance
• Rule of Law

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GEORGIA STATEHOOD and the U.S. CONSTITUTION

• 2. Write out
• ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• What were the strengths and weaknesses of the
  Articles of Confederation?

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ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

• STRENGTHS
• 1st constitution of the new nation
• Central government
• Federalism power divided between central
  (national) govt and individual state govt
• Congress could
• Declare war
• Sign treaties
• Deliver mail
• Create money

• WEAKNESSES
• Weak national govt
• State govt too strong
• Uni-cameral legislature (Congress)
• States only had 1 representative and 1 vote in
  Congress (law makers)
• No executive branch or president
• No national court system
• Could not tax the states to raise money
• Could not regulate (control) trade
• Could not enforce laws
• Each state had its own currency and militia
• Too difficult to amend (change) the Articles

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READING ACTIVITY

• CRCT COACH BOOK page 62-65
• WE THE PEOPLE WORKBOOK page 40

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SS8H4bDescribe the role of Georgia at the
Constitutional Convention of 1787 include the
role of Abraham Baldwin and William Few, and
reasons why Georgia ratified the new
constitution.

• Concepts
• Individuals Groups Institutions
• Governance
• Conflict and Change
• Rule of Law

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GEORGIA STATEHOOD and the U.S. CONSTITUTION

• 3 ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• What role did Georgias Abraham
  Baldwin and William Few play in the
  Constitutional Convention of 1787?

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Constitutional Convention of 1787

• Why did our Founding Fathers need to
  revise/change the Articles of Confederation?
• To create a stronger Federal (national /
  central) government that would UNITE the young
  country.
• What happened to the Articles of Confederation?
• The Founding Fathers wrote a new constitution
• Who is called the Father of the Constitution
  because he wrote most of?
• James Madison. The others who wrote the US
  Constitution are called founding fathers/framers

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SS8H4bDescribe the role of Georgia at the
Constitutional Convention of 1787 include the
role of Abraham Baldwin and William Few, and
reasons why Georgia ratified the new
constitution.

• Concepts
• Individuals Groups Institutions
• Governance
• Conflict and Change
• Rule of Law

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BOTH MEN WERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM GEORGIA WHO
HELPED CREATE AND SIGN THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION. ABRAHAM BALDWIN PLAYED A BIG ROLE
IN THE GREAT COMPROMISE THAT HELPED CREATE A
BI-CAMERAL LEGISLATURE WILLIAM FEW HELPED WRITE
THE CONSTITUTION
ABRAHAM BALDWIN
WILLIAM FEW
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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION of 1787
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CAUSE
EFFECT
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
Constitutional Convention of 1787

• Federal government
• becomes more powerful
• Separation of Powers
• - Legislative branch
• makes laws
• - Executive branch
• enforce laws
• - Judicial branch
• interpret laws
• Bi-cameral legislature
• House of Representatives
• based on state population
• Senate 2 representatives
• from each state

• State governments had too much power
• National government could not levy taxes,
  enforce laws, or control trade
• No executive branch (President)
• No judicial branch (no federal courts to
  settle disputes between the states)

• Great Compromise Bi-cameral legislature
  benefits both big and small states (population)
• 3/5ths Compromise
• 3 out of 5 slaves counted toward population and
  were also taxed
• Bill of Rights 1st ten amendments to the
  Constitution guaranteeing rights for citizens

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MAIN PRINCIPLES OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
1. Separation of Powers3 branches of govt.,
each with different duties and powers
Legislative, Executive, Judicial (in both U.S.
Georgia government) 2. Checks and balanceseach
branch given some power to control or prevent
some actions of other branches 3.
FederalismNational and state governments share
authority
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MAKES LAWS
EXECUTES/ CARRIES OUT LAWS
INTERPRETS LAWS
BI-CAMERAL (2 houses/groups)
2 Senators FROM EACH STATE( total 100)
REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH STATE BASED ON
POPULATION
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SS8H4bDescribe the role of Georgia at the
Constitutional Convention of 1787 include the
role of Abraham Baldwin and William Few, and
reasons why Georgia ratified the new
constitution.

• Concepts
• Individuals Groups Institutions
• Governance
• Conflict and Change
• Rule of Law

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GEORGIA STATEHOOD and the U.S. CONSTITUTION

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• ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• Why did Georgia ratify the new U.S. Constitution?

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RATIFYING/APPROVING/SIGNING THE US CONSTITUTION

• Why did Georgia ratify the new U.S.
  Constitution?
• Wanted federal govt to have power to unite the
  country
• Needed federal govt to help fight Native
  Americans in order for Georgians to move westward
  onto new lands
• 4th state to ratify on January 2nd, 1788

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How do you amend/change the Constitution?

• Proposed by a 2/3 vote in both houses of Congress
  OR by 2/3 of the state legislatures
• A proposed amendment must be approved by 3/4 (38)
  of the state legislatures.

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AMENDMENTS

• There are only a total of 27
• The first 10 amendments are called the Bill of
  Rights and are what Americans consider our basic
  rights.
• Were added to the U.S. Constitution so that the
  states would ratify the US Constitution because
  some people felt if they were not written down,
  these rights could be taken away.

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SOURCES

• www.Glencoe.com
• http//www.fresno.k12.ca.us/divdept/sscience/const
  itutionResouces.html
• http//www.usconsulate.org.hk/pas/kids/images/bran
  ches.jpg
• www.milan.k12.mi.us/.../image001.jpg
• http//teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/chri
  sty/