The Articles of Confederation
Madisonian Democracy
Articles of Confederation
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What are the Articles of Confederation?
When where they written?
Why are still relevant?
How are they used by the U.S. Supreme
Court?
• Give me an example of a case or cases
that the Supreme Court use the Articles.
Problems with Articles
• What were the Problems with the Articles
of Confederation?
• The drafters of the Articles did not want an
overbearing central government so they
made the Articles weak.
• After a while the Articles were not working.
• So what happened?
Constitutional Convention
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What was the Constitutional Convention?
When, where and why was it held?
The preamble to the constitution.
“in Order to form a more perfect Union ,
establish Justice, insure the domestic
Tranquility, provide for the common defence,
promote the general Welfare, and secure the
Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our
Prosperity….”
Constitutional Convention
• What was the issue before the
delegates?
• Who came up with the initial plan for
a new form of government? And what
was it called?
• There are three components to this
plan.
• What are they?
Constitutional Convention
cont’d
• Therefore the three branches of
government were established.
• Federalism was established.
• The Bill of Rights was
established.
The Federalist Papers
• What are the Federalist Papers?
• Why were the written?
• Who were the federalist and
antifederalist?
Ratification of the
Constitution
• How was the Constitution ratified?
• Who was the first president of the U.S. and
when did he take office.
• When was the firs congress elected?
• When was the first session of the Supreme
Court?
• Who introduced the Bill of Rights in congress,
When?
• When did the Bill of Rights become part of the
Constitution?
Relevancy of Historical
Documents
• To this day the Supreme Court still uses
the federalist papers, the articles of
confederation and the records of the
Constitutional Convention to resolve
disputes over the interpretation of the
Constitution.
• Can you give me one example?
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