Chapter 8: Confederation To Constitution
Chapter 8: Confederation To Constitution
Constitution
Articles of
Confederation
Constitutional
Convention
Constitution
Timeline
Patriots win
Articles of
the battles of
1777 Saratoga
Confederatio
n Adopted
Articles of
British
Confederatio
1781 n go into
surrender at
Yorktown
Effect
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Massachuset
1787 ts
Constitution
United
al
States
1787 Convention
Constitution
held in
is written
Philadelphia
United
States
1788 Constitution
is Ratified
George Washington
1789 becomes the first President
of the United States
Confederation Congress
The
Confederation
Congress set up
laws on how to
divide the
Western lands
that it now
controlled.
The Land
Ordinance of
1785
This ordinance
called for surveyors
to stake out six-
mile-square plots,
called townships, in
the Northwest
Territory.
The Northwest Ordinance 1787
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Provisions of the Northwest
Ordinance
Conditions for Settlement Conditions for Statehood
Slavery was outlawed in When a territory had at
the Northwest Territory least 60,000 people, they
Freedom of Religion was could apply to become a
guaranteed new state
Trial by Jury was
guaranteed
The Articles of Confederation
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Problems continued:
Individual states had the
power to tax their citizens.
Some states took
advantage.
Massachusetts was taxing
its people into poverty.
House of
Senate Representa
tives
Equal
Representation Representation
Based on
2 Senators from population
each State
Slavery and the Constitution
Federal State
Government Governments
Federalists were in favor of making the
Central or Federal government stronger than
the state governments.
Anti-federalists thought
the Constitution took
too much power away
from state governments
and did not guarantee
rights of the people.
They were afraid that
the federal (or central)
government would
become too powerful
and begin to treat the
people the way the
Kings in Europe had
treated them.
Federalists Anti-federalists
Supported removing some Wanted important political
powers from the states and powers to remain with the
giving more powers to the states
National Government
Favored dividing powers Wanted the Legislative
among different branches of Branch to have more power
government than the Executive Branch
Proposed a single person to Feared that a strong
lead the Executive Branch executive might become a
king or a tyrant
Believed a Bill of Rights
needed to be added to the
Constitution to protect
people’s rights
The Federalist Papers
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