Confederation and Constitution

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

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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
9. STRONG
10. taxes
11. taxes
12. army
13. army
14. trade
15. amendments?
16. unanimous
19. Why?
20. 4 PROBLEMS
21. 1) Debt
22. bonds
23. IOU
24. DEFAULTED 1782
25. amendments?
27. 2) Depression
28. STATE regulation of trade
29. 3) Defense
30. Continental Army
31. “token” army
33. THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
34. British
35. guns
36. “token” navy
38. pirates
39. 4) Dis-Order
40. 1786-87 Shays’ Rebellion
41. Daniel Shays
42. Shays’ Rebellion 1786-87
43. Shays’ Rebellion 1786-87
44. “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 -
45. “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 -
46. “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 -
47. “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 -
48. THE CON-CON, 1787
49. COMPROMISES
50. Little vs. Big States NJ vs. VA
51. Equal vs. Proportional NJ vs. VA REPRESENTATION
52. bicameral House vs Senate
54. 3/5th Compromise
55. NATIONAL POWERS
62. “A Storm of Disagreement”
63. Schoolhouse Rock credits
64. FEDERALISTS AND ANTI-FEDERALISTS
65. Federalists
66. Anti-Federalists
67. RATIFICATION
68. Regional Support/Opposition
70. Federalist advantages
71. UC
73. 1/4
79. FULL CIRCLE?