AoC Weaknesses
Since Congress did not have the ability to collect these, they could not pay for an Army or pay back debts.
What are Taxes?
This was the reason the United States could not pay back its debts to other countries.
What was the inability to collect taxes?
this was the name of the first Constitution in the US
The Articles of Confederation
Amendment
Changed to a Constitution
The legislative branch held almost all of the power in the US central government, with each state getting one vote in this part of the government.
What is Congress?
These rich types were strongly against the rebellion, and wanted a strong central government, so they paid others to fight the rebels.
Who are Bankers?
This document replaced the Articles of Confederation.
The US Constitution
Federalism
Power split between state governments and the central government
The AoC was left without a national court system, which meant this branch did not exist yet.
What is the Judicial Branch?
As more money was printed to pay for debts, many high society members saw this issue (that is affecting us today) as a rising problem for the American economy.
What is inflation?
The Judicial power of the US was given to this government branch.
The Supreme Court
Randomizer! This is how many senators each state gets
2
Without this branch, the American government under the AoC could not enforce laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
This farmer held a rebellion in the US against taxes and loans, which sparked a change away from the Article of Confederation.
Who was Daniel Shay?
This executive power was given to this newly created position in the American government.
Who is the President?
The First 10 Amendments are called this.
What are The Bill of Rights?
This is the main reason the Founding Fathers made the AoC so weak.
Why did the States want a weak Central Government? (States wanted the power)
The founding fathers decided to make a new Constitution instead of fixing the AoC for this reason.
The AoC required too many amendments to fix
This is the reason there was a seperation of powers.
Popular Sovereignty
Rule by the people (people get to vote and are 'in charge')