SS8H4 The student will describe the impact of events that led to the ratification ofthe United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights. a. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of both the Georgia Constitution of 1777 and the Articles of Confederation and explain how weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led to a need to revise the Articles.
Georgia Constitution 1777 February 1777 – ratified state’s __________________________ It had a ________________________ house (One House) Gov’t established but it had 3 different branches 1) __________________ 2) _____________________ 3)________________________
___________________________________ was 1st Governor of the State of GA The Unicameral system was bad because it let people in power _____________________ people to the 3 branches of Gov’t and it also allowed only the 12 lawmakers that made up the legislature to make laws It was good because it let the people have a chance to have ________________________________.
Articles of Confederation This was the _______________________________ of the ___________________________________. It was a Very _____________________ Gov’t System It could not levy ___________________________. It could not make the _______________________________________colonies into __________________ Each colony had its own _____________________ system Gave the Federal Gov’t no way to pay ____________________
Could not regulate _____________________ between colonies or with other countries
End of the Articles of Confederation 1786 – ________________________________over taxes in Mass. showed need for stronger Central Gov’t and a ______________________________________was called for by the states
b. Describe the role of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention of 1787; include the role of Abraham Baldwin and William Few, and reasons why Georgia ratified the new constitution
Constitutional Convention 1787 After seeing the weakness of the Articles of Confederation, a New constitutional convention was called for to ______________________ the Articles of Confederation. But what happened was a totally new "__________________________________________" was written behind "closed doors" in "secret" and it is still that basic document that runs our country today.
Ga at the Convention1787 ___________________________and ___________________________from Ga signed the Constitution Baldwin was important in resolving the __________________________________controversy. He was ___________________________________ and had been born in Connecticut so he could see the point of the small states and their worry over _______________________________________. When it came to a vote, he favored compromise
Few was a self made man who rose to fame in Ga. He was instrumental in convincing the Confederation Congress to ________________ and ________________________ the Constitution The Constitution was much like the Ga Constitution in its _______________________________________ and it also had a ___________________________________
Ga was the __________________ state to ratify (approve) the Constitution Ga ratified the Constitution AFTER several Compromises were made
Compromises 1)______________________________ -Created ______________houses of Congress for equal representation -Senate __________ from each state -House of Representatives based on the ____________________________of the state 2)______________________________ -How to count slaveswhen it came to representatives in the House 3)_______________________________ -When to end slave trade 4)_______________________________ -Congress would regulate trade and tariffs
Bill of Rights The ____________________________________to the Constitution is called the Bill of Rights These amendments contain some of our basic fundamental rights such as Right to ______________________ Bear _________________ Trail _________________ _____________________incrimination
