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How did the Articles of Confederation both fail and succeed as our first government?

How did the Articles of Confederation both fail and succeed as our first government?. LESSON 5 Shaping a New Nation. America: One Nation, or Thirteen?. Were the colonies ready to come together?. THE CRITICAL PERIOD (1781-1789) America: One nation, or thirteen?.

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How did the Articles of Confederation both fail and succeed as our first government?

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  1. How did the Articles of Confederation both fail and succeed as our first government? LESSON 5Shaping a New Nation

  2. America: One Nation, or Thirteen?

  3. Were the colonies ready to come together? • THE CRITICAL PERIOD (1781-1789) • America: One nation, or thirteen?

  4. Were the colonies ready to come together? • Issues the colonies had to resolve after the Revolution • Who was equal? • Should the church be linked to the state? • Where did slavery fit in the new United States? • How much power should a government have?

  5. How did democracy begin in the states? • STATE GOVERNMENT: The First Constitutions • Constitutions were written and faced popular ratification • States pursued likewise goals • Legislatures given sweeping powers • Annual elections for representatives • Limits to executive power  weaker governors • Fundamental rights spelled out • End to state-dominated churches • Problem:Dominated by elites • ELITES: Wealthy, experienced, powerful members of society • Protection against mobocracy:They didn’t want the average man to rule they were too dumb and too emotional! • Protection of economic gains

  6. The Articles of Confederation: First attempt at unifying the colonies CONFEDERATION: A loose union of states • THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION (1781) • Loose confederation to protect states’ individual sovereignty • Chief problem: claims on western lands • Focus on preventing strong executive • Immediately challenged and proven weak • Shays’ Rebellion (1786-1787):Revolt of farmers in Western Massachusetts that could not be put down by state government Shay’s Rebellion 1786-87

  7. How should the Articles be judged?

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