Quiz on Causes of the American Revolution!! (15 minutes)  Turn in your learning log:  Frayer  1-2-3 (from John Greene)  Fishbone  Summary  Frayer.

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Quiz on Causes of the American Revolution!! (15 minutes)  Turn in your learning log:  Frayer  (from John Greene)  Fishbone  Summary  Frayer  5 W’s and How  John Adams  Summary

UNIT 3: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONFLICT LESSON 3.2: WEAKNESSES OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

Activating  What had to happen before we could govern ourselves? Win the revolutionary war against Britain! o What was the treaty that ended the war? o Treaty of Paris o So now we can govern ourselves…how did we do?

Activating- continued  What kind of system were we in under Great Britain? Harsh rule…we weren’t able to do a lot.  What kind of system do you think we would come up with after the war? A system that was the opposite. Something that provided more freedoms  What was it called?

Articles of Confederation

National Gov’t CCreated the Articles of Confederation 1 st attempt at a constitution for the USA RRatified in 1781 WWhat does Ratify mean?

Frayer Model / Ratify

Articles of Confederation  Weaknesses No executive or judicial branch Congress could not enforce laws Trade between states was difficult because the national gov’t (Congress) had no power to regulate/make laws about trade No national currency Congress could not tax-this means no services Country had bad credit. Congress couldn’t tax so we couldn’t pay back loans Could not make laws unless 9 out of 13 states agreed Any attempt to amend the articles all 13 states have to approve States pretty much can do whatever they want

AP 1: Think Pair Share  Which of the weaknesses do you believe had the most negative impact on our nation? Explain your answer.

Is the power of taxing important? YES!!!!!

American Life  Since congress could not tax, they had to borrow money from the states  States increased taxes on their ppl to help pay for the war What do you think happened?  People went into debt especially the farmers Many farmers lost their farms/land

Shay’s Rebellion  Occurred in Massachusetts 1786  Farmers were outraged that their farms were being taken away  They couldn’t pay the taxes!!!  Began to hold violent protests  WAS A WAKE UP CALL THAT SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE DONE!!!!

AP 2 Cause and Effect / Shays Rebellion

What to do?  of the states sent delegates to a meeting in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation  Rhode Island only state that did not participate  m/watch?v=bO7FQsCc bD8 m/watch?v=bO7FQsCc bD8

AP 3 : twitter  In 140 characters or less, explain what happened in Philadelphia (1787) regarding the “revision” of the articles of confederation.  #byebyearticlesofconfederation!

Activity Guided Reading on 3-1 Page 98

Learning Log  Today I learned…….  In your journal, summarize what you have learned about the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. How did the Articles affect our nation?