BELL WORK —- SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

After the Declaration of Independence was complete

the colonist found themselves in need of a rule of law
to run the country. Some colonists favored a strong
central government others favored a weak central
government. What would be the arguments colonists
on each side would use to defend their position?

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 WHAT IS A CONFEDERATION ??

A firm league of friendship

A Union of sovereign state united for a common action in relation to other states
Allowed these states to work together for defense

Essay
Using 3 weaknesses of the
Articles describe why it failed
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ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

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1. Unicameral or single chamber congress formed which executive positions were
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Committee of the states made up of one delegate from each state managed the government
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3. No federal court system

4. Congress settles disputes among each state

5. Every state legislature selected its own representatives to

congress
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 Using the assigned weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
answer the following questions. Be prepared to share your
answers with the class.

Why could this potentially be a problem?

State can make their own court system that could be unfair to
others.
Would this potential issue compound into other problems? What are they?
This could cause big disputes with states, if one state could have laws that others
don’t or have different values. This could cost you time in jail or real punishment
What groups (farmers, merchants, war veterans, wealthy, slaves) of society would this
issue potentially impact & How?
This would impact everyone, different laws in one state could be
different in another so something that might not be a problem in
one might be a problem in another.
Does the problem identified have a simple solution or need a complete overhaul?
Why?
It was a simple solution because if they had a national court
system then the state could make their court system like the
national