Warm Up Cause and Effect Chart (Tape in on next left page)

1. Warm UpCause and Effect Chart(Tape in on next left page) Fill in the 3 (three) blanks as you listen to the purple cow media.

2. What you could see on STAAR or your next test… Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. Q. The list above summarizes some limitations of the national government under the — A Articles of Confederation B U.S. Constitution C Mayflower Compact D Declaration of Independence • No executive branch • No levying of taxes • No regulation of trade • No national court system

3. Today, we will analyze the effects the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation had on the new United States using cloze sheets, a discussion of Shay's Rebellion, and writing a letter.

4. Shay’s Rebellion What Happened When – Tape in on next Right Page Writing: Daniel Shays Speaks! On back of Imagine you are Daniel Shays. Write a letter to your old commanding officer General George Washington to express your view of why you think your disruptive behavior (not paying taxes, shutting down courts) is justified. Be prepared to share your letter with the class. • There was no federal plan or program to repay _____. Each state handled its own part of the debt, sometimes by heavily taxing citizens. • Daniel Shays had been a _______ in the Revolutionary War. He was angry that farms were being ________ when landowners could not afford taxes. • Shays organized a militia group to shut down the courts. It was months before the ________ government stopped him, because different states couldn’t agree how to handle it. • The poor response by the government showed the need for more federal decision making power.

5. Shay’s Rebellion “I predict the worst consequences from a half-starved, limping government, always moving upon crutches and tottering at every step…I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation without having lodged somewhere a power which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner as the authority of the state governments extends over the several states.” George Washington “…if the present paroxysm of our affairs be totally neglected, our case may become desperate.” James Madison

6. Shay’s Rebellion Feelings of Founding Fathers “I am mortified beyond expression when I view the clouds that have spread over the brightest morn that ever dawned in any country…What a triumph for the advocates of despotism, to find that we are incapable of governing ourselves and that systems founded on the basis of equal liberty are merely ideal and fallacious.” George Washington “Rebellion against a kin may be pardoned, or lightly punished, but the man who date to rebel against the laws of a republic ought to suffer death.” Sam Adams “A little rebellion now and then is a good thing. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government. God forbid that we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.” Thomas Jefferson

7. Closure Read your letter to George Washington to the person next to you. Find 1 thing your partner mentioned that you did not. Share with the class.