Chapter 8: Confederation To Constitution
Chapter 8: Confederation To Constitution
Chapter 8: Confederation To Constitution
Constitution
Articles of
Confederation
Constitutiona
l Convention
Constitution
Timeline
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
The Northwest Ordinance described how
these new lands were to be governed. It was
important because it set a pattern for the
orderly growth of the United States.
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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
During the American
Revolution, the original
13 states ratified (or
agreed to) a document
called:
The Articles of
Confederation.
The Articles of Confederation
Powers Given to Federal Powers NOT GIVEN to the Federal
Government in the Articles Government in the Articles
Wage war No power to enforce laws
Make peace No power to levy taxes
Sign treaties No power to regulate trade
Issue money Required all 13 states to
approve changes to the
Articles
The Weakness of the
Articles of Confederation
led to problems after the
war.
Because the Federal government couldn’t
levy taxes, they had no way of getting money
to pay soldiers that had fought in the war.
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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.
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