Articles of Confederation + Constitution

history

1777

when were the Articles of Confederation WRITTEN?

1781

when were the Articles of confederation RATIFIED?

Unitary

National government is more powerful than the state government

Confederacy

State government is more powerful than the national government

Federal

National + state government power is balanced

Selling land out west

how did the US make $$ post-war?

John Adams

US foreign ambassador to Great Britain

Thomas Jefferson

1st US foreign ambassador to France

Whitney Brother job

US foreign ambassador for Spain

what national government could do under Articles of Confederation

declare war, appoint congress to be chief, appoint officers, make/coin $$, discuss issues with Native Americans, postal service,

No judicial or executive, no army, couldn’t tax

weakness of articles of confederation

9

how many of the states must agree to pass a law?

Newburgh Conspiracy

Coup D’etat led by Alexander Hamilton and Horacio Gates against George Washington in 1783

Northwest Ordinance 1787

land ordinance, land west of the Appalachian mountains divided to make new states

No slavery

rule made by Congress for the Northwest Ordinance, led to there being no cash crop farming

Mount Vernon Compact 1785

VA + MD fight over potomac river

individual states negotiate with each country

rule about trade under the Articles of Confederation

Rob Morris

treasurer who attempted to propose a 5% tariff, but Rhode island says no

Annapolis Convention 1786

led by Ben Franklin to edit the Articles of Confederation, but not enough showed up so people were invited to the one next year

Shay’s Rebellion 1787

shows the US that they will fail if the Articles of Confederation are not changed, farmers in Massachusetts rebel against a statewide tax

Philadelphia Convention 1787

55 delegates met in Philadelphia to fix the Articles of confederation

scrapped

was the AoC scrapped or rewritten into the constitution?

important people at the Philadelphia convention

Ben Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison

James Madison

“Father of the Constitution”

Alexander Hamilton

serves in George Washington’s cabinet once he is elected

delaware

first state to ratify the constitution

House of Representatives

legislature that depends on population

senate

each state gets an equal vote (constitution)

Washington’s jobs as president

Interpret constitution, enforce laws, be commander-in-chief, be chief diplomat

New York

1st capital of the united states

Columbia

female representation of the United states

stay neutral

main goal of foreign policy

French Revolution

what else was going on during George Washington’s inauguration

Citizen Genet

french diplomat who wanted US to end neutrality and side with the revolutionaries

Jay’s Treaty

treaty with great britain, negotiated by John Jay

3 rules from Jay’s treaty

• no ships over 70 tons in the caribbean

• Britain stayed in America in the CA border

• GB could still kidnap US sailors and make them work for them

why US switched from rum to whiskey

sugar came from caribbean, but we got cut off so used wheat from whiskey which is grown in US

Pinckney’s Treaty

treaty with spain

3 rules from Pinckney’s treaty

• US can use Mississippi River + New Orleans

• Border established 31st parallel

• US + Spain work together when dealing with Native Americans

Elbridge Gerry, Edmund Randolph, George Mason

Non-signers of the constitution

federalist

Support constitution national government

non-federalist

Preferred Articles or state controlled government

60,000

how many free people needed to make a piece of land a “state”