lecture of the intro of the Articles

1. Creating the
Constitution

2. • Republic- a government where people elect
their representatives.
• Some patriots wanted people to have more
power over government.
• More conservative patriots did not want
common people having that much power.

3. Rejecting executive power
• Unicameral legislature- a single house,
whose members were elected by the people.
• Pennsylvania and Georgia adopted this style.

4. Colonial Traditions
• Bicameral legislature- law making body with
two houses, a Senate, and a House of
Representatives.
• House of Reps- For the common voters
• Senate- For the wealthy and well educated
gentleman.

6. Who could vote?
• democratic patriots wanted equal rights for
ALMOST all free men.
• little or no property.
• must be 21.

7. • Conservative Patriots wanted property
requirements.
• allowing poor men to vote will “ confound and
destroy all distinctions, and prostrate all ranks to
the common level.” - John Adams

8. **Articles of Confederation
• In 1777, the Continental Congress drafted the
original constitution for the Union of the
states.
• no strong and centralized nation.
• reflected the principles of the Declaration of
Independence.

9. Structure of the New
National Government
• Federal- a government consisted of a
congress of delegates, chosen by state
legislatures rather than voters.
• states could send 7 delegates but every state
had 1 vote.

10. The Power
• declare and conduct war!!!
• foreign affairs.
• Indian relations.

11. Problems
• no taxes.
• minor issues 7 out of 13 states.
• major issues 9 out of 13 states.
• amending Articles 13 out of 13.
• Ratifying the Articles in 1781

12. Early State
Government
Early National
Government
All states were a
REPUBLIC
Each state had one
vote.
No taxes.

13. The Westside

14. The Westside
• Northwest Territory- north of the Ohio River
and west of the Penn. to the Mississippi
River.
• Land Ordinance of 1785- Congress designed
a system for distributing the public lands.

16. • divide the land into hundreds of townships. (6
square miles)
• subdivided each township into 36 sections of 1
square mile.
• *square mile is 640 acres. **1 acre is about a
block

18. • This ORDINANCE favored the wealthy.
• Sometimes Congress broke the rules to benefit
wealthy speculators.

20. Governing the Western
lands.
• Northwest Ordinance of 1787- provided a
government for the western territory based
on Jefferson’s ideas.
• a governor, a secretary, and three judges.
• 5,000 citizens= elected assembly
• 60,000= admission into the Union.

21. The Northwest Territory
• Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and
part of Minnesota.
• Northwest Ordinance says no to slavery.