DO NOW LIST AND EXAPLAIN SOME PROBLEMS THAT OUR NEW NATION WILL ENCOUNTER

Problems for New Nation

PROBLEMS FACING THE NEW NATIONS ● Economic Problems ◦ Need $$$ ◦ Debt ◦ Recession ● Foreign Relations ◦ Need to make friends ● State Relations ◦ “United” only by name

The Articles of Confederation America’s 1 st Constitution The Articles had 2 major achievements: 1)Bringing the Revolutionary War to a successful conclusion 2) North West Ordinance and Land Ordinance of 1785 – set precedent for adding states

The Articles of Confederation Congress was given the power to: America’s 1 st Constitution Declare War & Establish an Army/Navy No Power to Draft Soldiers

The Articles of Confederation Congress was given the power to: America’s 1 st Constitution Make Peace & Sign Treaties No Power to Enforce Treaties

The Articles of Confederation Congress was given the power to: America’s 1 st Constitution Borrow Money No Power to Collect Taxes from the States

The Articles of Confederation Congress was given the power to: America’s 1 st Constitution Organize a Post Office

The Articles of Confederation Congress was given the power to: America’s 1 st Constitution No Chief Executive No national court system No Power to Regulate Interstate Commerce No National Currency Difficult to Pass laws (2/3 vote)

The Articles of Confederation Congress was given the power to: America’s 1 st Constitution Difficult to Amend (unanimous vote needed to change the articles)

The Articles of Confederation ● Congress given the power to: ● Declare War ● Make Peace ● Sign Treaties ● Borrow Money ● Establish an Army & Navy ● Organize a Post Office ● No Chief Executive ● No National Court System ● No Power to Draft Soldiers ● No Power to Control Interstate Commerce ● No Power to Enforce Treaties ● No Power to Collect Taxes from the States ● Difficult to Pass Laws (2/3 vote) ● No National Currency ● Difficult to Amend ● (Unanimous Vote Needed to Change Articles)

Why did the Founding Fathers Choose a Confederation plan of government? They feared that a strong central government would create tyranny, and stamp out the peoples natural God given rights.

Shay’s Rebellion ● Farmers in Mass. Taxed and in a lot of debt ◦ Would go to jail ● Planned to seize ammunition and arms ● Daniel Shay leads an uprising in the spirit of the “Revolution” ● Gov. cant stop it

Reactions…. What should be the government’s major concern according to Jefferson? I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government - Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison, Jan. 30, 1787