History of the American constitutions from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution.

1. Confederation
and
Constitution

2. What is the name of the 2nd
Constitution of the USA?

3. THE CONSTITUTION

4. What is the name of the 1st
Constitution of the USA?

5. THE ARTICLES OF
CONFEDERATION

6. 1776

7. 1781

8. weak

9. STRONG

10. taxes

11. taxes

12. army

13. trade

14. amendments?

15. unanimous

17. Why?

18. 4 PROBLEMS

19. 1) Debt

20. bonds

21. IOU

22. DEFAULTED
1782

23. amendments?

25. 2) Depression

26. STATE
regulation
of trade

27. 3) Defense

28. Continental Army

29. “token” army

30. 500

31. THE NORTHWEST
ORDINANCE

32. British

33. guns

34. “token” navy

35. 2

36. pirates

37. 4) Dis-Order

38. 1786-87
Shays’ Rebellion

39. Daniel Shays

40. Shays’ Rebellion
1786-87

41. Shays’ Rebellion
1786-87
#FAIL

42. “Rebellion against a king may be
pardoned, or lightly punished,
but the man who dares to rebel
against the laws of a republic
ought to suffer death.”
- Sam Adams -

43. “What country can preserve its
liberties, if its rulers are not
warned from time to time that
their people preserve the spirit of
resistance?...The tree of liberty must
be refreshed from time to time, with
the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is its natural manure.”
- Thomas Jefferson -

44. “What country can preserve its
liberties, if its rulers are not
warned from time to time that
their people preserve the spirit of
resistance?...The tree of liberty must
be refreshed from time to time, with
the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is its natural manure.”
- Thomas Jefferson -

45. THE CON-CON, 1787

46. COMPROMISES

47. Little vs. Big States
NJ vs. VA

48. Equal vs. Proportional
NJ vs. VA
REPRESENTATION

49. bicameral
House vs Senate

50. bicameral

52. 3/5th Compromise

53. NATIONAL POWERS

60. “A Storm of Disagreement”

61. FEDERALISTS
AND ANTI-FEDERALISTS

62. Federalists

63. Anti-Federalists

64. RATIFICATION

65. Regional Support/Opposition

67. Federalist advantages

68. UC

70. 1/4

76. FULL CIRCLE?

77. CODA:
The Northwest Ordinance

79. THE NORTHWEST
ORDINANCE