BELL WORK 11-20-14
1. The first Europeans to introduce new diseases to
Native Americans in South Carolina were the:
a. English
b. Spanish
c. French
d. Dutch
Answer: b
2.The first written plan of government in the US
a. The Declaration of Independence
b. The Mayflower Compact
c. The Magna Carta
d. The Articles of Confederation
Answer: d
AGENDA
! Notes/Discussion: SC’s role in the establishment of the national
government
„  Key Focus:
„  South Carolina’s role in establishing the government
„  Establishing of the Articles
„  Strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Annotate text to find relevant information and bullet SC’s role in
establishing the national government
! I Model highlighting and bulleting
! We work together
! Closure: Students finish annotating and bulleting notes
! Independent Practice : Students will write a paragraph using their
bulleted notes Explaining South Carolina’s role in establishing the
national government.
THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
8-2.6 Explain the role of South Carolinians in the
establishment of their new state government and
the national government after the American
Revolution.
FOCUS STATEMENT
„ Explain the role of South
Carolinians in the establishment of
the national government.
SC NEW STATE GOV’T
1.  ELECTED
3. 
SC 1st Constitution
„  Established an independent State
COMMITTEE OF 99
gov’t before the D.O.I. was signed
„  15 merchants
„  Bicameral (2 Houses )
„  15 artisans
„  President (elected by the legislature)
could veto laws
„  69 planters
„  Low Country had more Rep than
„  De Facto Gov’t
2.  Provincial Congress
„ Raised an army
„ Issued currency
„ Created a committee to
enforce nonimportation
„ Commissioned the writing of
a state constitution
Back Country in new Gov’t
4. 
SC 2nd Constitution
„  Written after D.O.I. was signed / few
changes were made
„  Previous titled Pres is now labeled
Governor
„  Rep more equal between Low and
Bac
„  Church of England, no longer the
official state supported church
RELEVANCE
„ Do all countries use the same currency?
„ No! Many times when you travel to another country you have
to exchange American dollars for the currency used in the
country you are visiting
„ What would it be like today if you had to use a different kind of
currency when you went to another state?
„ After the American revolution the states were like separate
little countries. All of the states used a different currency.
„ This was only one of the problems of national government
after the American Revolution.
„  We are going to see that the government that was in place at
this time was not efficient.
INTRODUCTION
„ The Revolution is now over!
What happens next?
Articles of Confederation
After declaring independence
from Great After
Britain,
the colonies
declaring
knew
that if theyfrom
wanted
to Britain,
grow
independence
Great
and
need
the prosper,
colonies they
knewwould
to grow
anda
plan
for unity.
prosper,
they needed a plan for
Magna Carta
1215
unity.
Effective
March
1, 1781,
Effective
March
1, 1781,
the the
colonieswere
weregoverned
governedby
bythe
the
colonies
ArticlesofofConfederation.
Confederation.
Articles
Mayflower
Compact
1620
Thomas Jefferson
Author of the “Declaration of Independence”
English Bill of
Rights
1689
Declaration of
Independence
1776
Articles of
Confederation
1781
CFU
„ How were the colonies
governed after the Declaration
of Independence?
Answer: The Articles of
Confederation
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
Strengths
Weaknesses
Congress had no
power regulate fo
reign
or state trade
Had the power to
declare war and
peace,
Make
treaties
Congress had no
power to raise tax
es
Laws had to be
approved by 9 out
of 13 states
Congress did not
have the power to
enforce laws
CFU
„ What was one of the Powers of
The Articles of Confederation?
„ What was one of the
weaknesses?
FOCUS STATEMENT
„ Explain the role of South
Carolinians in the establishment of
the national government.
SHAY’S REBELLION
Shay’s Rebellion- Uprising of Massachusetts's farmers, led by
Daniel Shay, to protest high taxes, heavy debt, and farm
foreclosures.
This backcountry rebellion in Massachusetts [Shay’s] raised the
fear of insurrection, other states called for a meeting in
Philadelphia to amend the Articles and strengthen the national
government
Call to Freedom Pgs. 236-237
The Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation
posed many challenges. The
powers of the central
government were weak and
the articles were impossible to
amend.
John Adams
Founding Father and 2nd President
Articles of
Confederation
1781
The Federalist
Papers
1787-1788
United States
Constitution
1788
Students will use informational text to find the role of South Carolinians in
the establishment of the new national government.
Students will write the Essential Question in their notes then bullet relevant
information found in the text.
I Model: I will model annotating text, then bulleting the role of South Carolinians in
establishing their new national government.
Guided Practice: We will work together to annotate text and bullet information
Close: Students finish annotating and bulleting information
Independent Practice: Students will write a paragraph explaining the role of South
Carolinians in the establishment of the new national government
SC’S ROLE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
„  South Carolinians took an active role in the establishment of the
new national government. The Continental Congress acted as the
first national government of the United States. South Carolina
was the only one of the thirteen states to fully meet its financial
obligation to the Continental Congress. South Carolinian Henry
Laurens served as president of the Continental Congress and
later on the committee that negotiated the Treaty of Paris for the
government under the Articles of Confederation.
I model____________________________________
SC’S ROLE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
South Carolinians took an active role in the establishment of
the new national government. The Continental Congress acted
as the first national government of the United States. South
Carolina was the only one of the thirteen states to fully meet
its financial obligation to the Continental Congress. South
Carolinian Henry Laurens served as president of the
Continental Congress and later on the committee that
negotiated the Treaty of Paris for the government under the
Articles of Confederation.
Guided____________________________________
____________________________________
CLOSURE
Remember we are looking for the role that South Carolinians
played in establishing the new national government?
So…… What role did South Carolinians play so far?
„ Took an ACTIVE role in creating new National gov’t
„ Met its financial obligation (only one of all 13 states to do
so)
„ Henry Laurens was president of the CC
„ Henry Laurens helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
Students will finish annotating and
finding bullets to add to their notes
on establishing the new national
government.
REFLECTION
Write a paragraph explaining the
role of South Carolinians in
establishing the new national
government.