SS.7.C.1.5 Identify how the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation led to the writing of the Constitution.
- Students will identify the weaknesses of the government under the Articles of Confederation (i.e., Congress had no power to tax, to regulate trade, or to enforce its laws; the national government lacked a national court system [judicial branch] and central leadership [executive branch]; and changes to the Articles required unanimous consent of the 13 states).
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Articles of Confederation
the first constitution of the United States
confederation
a system of government where power is located with the independent states and there is little power in the central government; a confederation is also known as a confederal system
Constitutional Convention
a meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 where delegates decided to throw out the Articles of Confederation and draft the Constitution
debt
something owed; such as money
Shays’s Rebellion
an event when 2,000 Massachusetts farmers rebelled against land foreclosures and debt from the Revolutionary War
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Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation:
1. Congress had no power to tax
2. Congress had no power to regulate trade
3. Congress had no power to enforce its laws
4. The national government lacked a national court system (judicial branch)
5. There was no central leadership (executive branch)
6. Changes to the Articles required unanimous consent of the 13 states.
Excerpts from the U.S. Constitution
Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the Unites States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. (1)
Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power… To regulate Commerce foreign Nations, and among the several States (2)
Article II, Section 3:…he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed…(3)
Article III, Section 1: The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. (4)
Article II, Section 1: The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. (5)
Article V: The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution.. (6)
Articles of Confederation
the first constitution of the United States
confederation
a system of government where power is located with the independent states and there is little power in the central government; a confederation is also known as a confederal system
Constitutional Convention
a meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 where delegates decided to throw out the Articles of Confederation and draft the Constitution
debt
something owed; such as money
Shays’s Rebellion
an event when 2,000 Massachusetts farmers rebelled against land foreclosures and debt from the Revolutionary War
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Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation:
1. Congress had no power to tax
2. Congress had no power to regulate trade
3. Congress had no power to enforce its laws
4. The national government lacked a national court system (judicial branch)
5. There was no central leadership (executive branch)
6. Changes to the Articles required unanimous consent of the 13 states.
Excerpts from the U.S. Constitution
Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the Unites States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. (1)
Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power… To regulate Commerce foreign Nations, and among the several States (2)
Article II, Section 3:…he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed…(3)
Article III, Section 1: The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. (4)
Article II, Section 1: The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. (5)
Article V: The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution.. (6)