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Documents From Last Semester
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S2 W1
We reviewed last semester. CLICK HERE, read everything and memorize it.
S2 W2
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S2 W3
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Is this a Primary or Secondary Document?
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On the left is our powerpoint from week 2 & 3. Learn it, live it, love it.
On the right, the document I handed out. |
Is this a Primary or Secondary Document?
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S2 W4
People you don't want to be:
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S2 W5
We covered this last semester. It is also at the top of this page! Here is a copy of the list of grievances from the 1st Continental Congress.
Is this a Primary or Secondary Document?
Can you go through this document and pull out which parts are similar to the Magna Carta?
Is this a Primary or Secondary Document?
Can you go through this document and pull out which parts are similar to the Magna Carta?
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S2 W6Here is a copy of the Declaration of Independence.
Is this a Primary or Secondary Document? Remember there are 27 items and we did pictures of the first 17 together. I'm asking you to do the remaining 10 for homework.
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S2 W8 & 9
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S2 W10 - One week before EXAM 1!
I lost the version I used in class. This one has the same slides, but the design is different. Don't worry, it's the same.
Features of the Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, but did not become effective until March 1, 1781, when they were finally approved by all 13 states. Under the Articles, the national government consisted of a unicameral (one-house) legislature (often called the Confederation Congress); there was no national executive or judiciary. Delegates to Congress were appointed by the state legislatures, and each state had one vote. Congress had the authority to declare war, develop foreign policy, coin money, regulate Native American affairs in the territories, run the post office, borrow money, and appoint army and navy officers. Quite significantly, however, all powers not specifically delegated to Congress belonged to the states. |
I was thinking about it, and you may have questions about the Articles of Confederation. This section is here to highlight some main ideas that might not be clear in the slides to the left.
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Congress did not have the direct power to tax or to regulate interstate and foreign trade. It could only ask the states for money with no means to compel payment, and the states had the right to impose their own duties on imports, which caused havoc with commerce. Congress had no authority to raise an army on its own and had to requisition troops from the states. All major policy issues — war and peace, treaties, the appropriation of funds — required the approval of nine states. The Articles reflected the nation's concern about executive power; however, the lack of an executive meant there was no effective leadership. A unanimous vote of the states, acting through their legislatures, was necessary to amend the Articles.
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EX POST EXPERIMENTO: S2 W12-15
We spent some time arguing how to create a constitution. Now we need to see what was really done.
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