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Declaration of Independence as you wait
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Mrs. Veitch
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Warm Up: Review
1
2. Why was the Battle of Kettle Creek
important?
a) It proved that the loyalists had little
support in the South and boosted morale and
gave militia needed supplies. Led by Elijah
Clarke..
b) It was the beginning of a truce between
loyalists & patriots.
c) It proved the loyalists had a lot of support
in the south.
d) It resulted in the death of George
Washington.
2. A It proved that the loyalists had little support in the South.
The victory demonstrated the inability of British forces to hold the interior of the state, or to protect even sizable numbers of Loyalist recruits outside their immediate protection. provided the rebel cause with a victory
Raised colonists' morale & got much needed weapons & horses
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.
Concepts:
Governance
Rule of Law
I can explain the strengths and weaknesses of the
Georgia Constitution of 1777.
I can analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the
Articles of Confederation.
I can explain how the weaknesses of the Articles of
Confederation led to a need to revise the Articles.
Ratify
What was still going on in Georgia?
At first, Britain still controlled most of Georgia.
Disputes with Spain over the northern boundary of
Florida continued.
Unfriendly Indians posed a threat along Georgia’s frontier.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Georgia
Constitution of 1777? Why did the writers of the Georgia Constitution of 1777
want to limit the power of the Executive branch (Governor)?
Pg. 156 in your text.
GEORGIA CONSTITUTION OF 1777
STRENGTHS
• Separation of Powers-3 Branches of Government
• 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-Basic rights were protected
WEAKNESSES
• Uni-cameral legislature branch (one chamber) had too much power –appoint (choose) the Governor and judges
• Governor served only a 1 year term- Limited Effectiveness
• Only white men 21 and over with property could vote
• Amending (changing) the constitution was difficult
•
Pg. 156
Problems with Georgia's
Constitution
CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING
The New Georgia Encyclopedia: “Georgia Constitution”
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-588
New Georgia Encyclopedia: “Constitutional Conventions”
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3249&hl=y
An optional extra resource video has been assigned in USA Test Prep.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
America’s first written constitution was not the Constitution that we have today but another document called the Articles of Confederation (AOC). The AOC, which was America’s constitution from 1776-1789, provided Americans with an extremely weak central government.
Read p. 502
Take notes on the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation as you read using your style of note taking.• http://www.usatestprep.com/movies/112/525/242
Fill in the blank:On July __, ____, Georgians ratified(approved)
the Articles of Confederation. Pg. 157
Pros or Strengths: Some of the powers the
national government had under the AOC:
Declare war
Coin money
Establish post offices
Send and recall Ambassadors
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation…The government could not:
Levy (impose) taxes to fund the government (had to ask states for support)
Could not regulate the trade of goods between the states (states could put tariffs on each other)
Some of the more serious weaknesses of the articles included:
A strong legislative branch and no executive or judicial branches
Each state had its own currency
All 13 states had to approve a law for it to pass
One vote per state no matter the size of the state’s
population
Shay’s Rebellion
In the summer of 1786, a Revolutionary War veteran named Daniel Shays was put in jail because he could not pay state taxes. He began to organize western communities in Massachusetts to forcibly stop foreclosures by prohibiting the courts from holding their proceedings. Later that fall, Shays marched the newly formed "rebellion" into Springfield to stop the state supreme court from gathering . The state responded with troops sent to suppress the rebellion. After a failed attempt by the rebels to attack the Springfield arsenal, and the failure of other small skirmishes, the rebels retreated and then uprising collapsed.
This rebellion further highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and the need for a strong central government.
Type your answer in the chat or on the board:
STRENGTHS:
WEAKNESSES:
So...
what did they do, now that they were free from the
British? They needed a federal, more centralized
government with more POWER.
They wrote… the
U.S. CONSTITUTION!
This would replace the Articles of Confederation.
They did this at the Constitutional Convention (1787).
It is now the “basis” for laws in the U.S.
Georgia and the United States ConstitutionNot long after the Articles of Confederation were drawn up
in 1777, Georgia and the United States decided they would
need a strong central government. In 1787, each state sent
representatives to Philadelphia to a Constitutional
Convention. They met to write a new Constitution that
would set-up the government we have today. Georgia sent
four men, most notably University of Georgia founder
Abraham Baldwin, who played a critical role in what came
to be known as the “Great Compromise.” By 1789, Georgia
had a new Constitution of its own, and the new U.S.
Constitution had been ratified by all of the states.
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VOCABULARY: What
does that word
mean?
I can analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the
Georgia Constitution of 1777.
I can analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the
Articles of Confederation.
I can explain how the weaknesses of the Articles of
Confederation led to a need to revise the Articles.
Ratify – to approve
File Transfer
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First and foremost, ensure you have completed ALL required
assignments up to today’s date.
• Previously Assigned OLS Lessons:
Unit 1 Lessons 1-4, 9-12
Unit 2 Lessons 2-6, 9
Unit 3 Lessons 1-6
Unit 4 Lessons 1-2, 4-7, 9-10
• USA Test Prep through Sept. 30th: Pre-Assessment and Interim
Assessment #1
• All assigned textbook reading – check MIC for pages.
All required assignments completed??
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