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Title: Articles of Confederation


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Articles of Confederation
  • By Douglas D. Day
  • ED 639

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The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
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Dayton Public
  • Grade level 8th
  • Class American History Part I
  • Lesson First United States Government

4
Objectives
  • Students will be able to identify the Articles of
    Confederation and explain why they failed.
  • Students will be able to identify positive
    outcomes of the Articles of Confederation.

5
Materials needed
  • Myself
  • Computer
  • Video Projector
  • Projector Screen
  • Pointer Stick
  • My Students
  • Pencils/Pens
  • Notebooks
  • Books

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Websites
  • Wikipedia
  • Second Continental Congress
  • Cities in the Colonial Atlantic World
  • Alexander Hamilton Historical Society
  • The US Constitution Online

7
Student Activities
  • Bell Ringer students will come in, sit down and
    write about why the second continental congress
    came together using information from the previous
    days notes and from their reading.
  • Recitation I will led the students in a review
    of the notes given the day before.

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Student Activities continued..
  • Lecture notes the following slides.
  • Debate I will monitor a debate between students
    on the pros and cons of the Articles of
    Confederation.
  • Worksheet with vocabulary words and concepts
    pertaining to Articles start it in class then
    assign what is not finish as homework.

9
Background
  • The Articles of Confederation were adopted on Nov
    15, 1777 by the Second Continental Congress
  • The congress was held in Philadelphia

10
Background continued
  • Ratified on March 1, 1781
  • Made obsolete on June 21, 1788 when New Hampshire
    ratified the new US Constitution

11
Ratification
  • The first state to ratify the Articles was South
    Carolina on February 5, 1778
  • The last state to ratify was Maryland on March 1,
    1781
  • Maryland was waiting for New York and Virginia
    rescinded their claims to land in the Ohio River
    valley.

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Summation of Articles
  • Named the Confederation of state as the The
    United States of America
  • US a union of states for their common defense
  • Central Government conducted foreign relations,
    declared war, set weights and measures (including
    money), and settle disputes between states.

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Articles continued
  • Expenditures by the United States will be paid by
    funds raised by state legislatures

14
Articles continued
  • Requires nine states to approve a new state
    Canada pre-approved
  • Articles could only be altered with all states
    ratification.

15
Problems
  • Under the Articles, Congress could make laws but
    could not enforce them.
  • Congress had no power of taxation
  • Congress could only request money from the states
  • The states generally did not comply with
    Congress request

16
Success
  • The Articles held the Colonies together during
    the Revolutionary War.
  • Land Ordinance of 1785
  • established the general land survey and ownership
    provisions

17
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
  • The original states gave up land west
  • Paving way for the future states
  • Ohio
  • Michigan
  • Indiana
  • Illinois
  • Wisconsin
  • Part of Minnesota

18
Revision
  • May 1786, Charles Pinckney of South Carolina
    proposed that Congress revise the Articles of
    Confederation.
  • September of 1786, Alexander Hamilton chaired the
    Annapolis Convention.

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Revision continued
  • Congress meet in Philadelphia and after debate,
    Congress endorsed the plan to revise the Articles
    of Confederation on February 21, 1787.

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Goodbye Articles
  • Sept. 28, 1787- Congress sends Constitution to
    States for ratification
  • July 2, 1788- Ratification of Constitution
    formally announced by Congress, following
    ratification by ninth state, New Hampshire, on
    June 21, 1788

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Goodbye continued
  • Nov. 1, 1788- Congress under Articles of
    Confederation adjourns
  • Apr. 1, 1789- House of Representatives under
    Constitution reaches a quorum
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