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SS8H4TSW describe the impact that led to the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the
Bill of Rights. a. Analyze the strengths and
weaknesses of both the Georgia Constitution of 1777
and the Articles of Confederation led to a need to
revise the Articles.
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Georgia Constitution of 1777
Georgia joined the other colonies in celebrating the
decision to become independent of Great Britain.
The former colonies were tired of being governed and living
under laws madeby Great Britain.
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The colonists believed that Great Britain was out of touch
and too far away to understand their needs. The new goal for each colony was
statehood. Each new state was to develop its own method of governance and pass laws
that met its needs.
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Work was begun on a state constitution to replace the earlier
“Rules and Regulations” which had
been used to govern
the state.
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Writing the new constitution wasn’t easy. Some citizens
wanted a government like the
one already in place with most
of the power in the hands of a few wealthy
landowners and merchants.
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The Whigs, a more extreme group, wanted to give all the people of Georgia a chance to govern themselves. Georgia did decide on a government based on the separation of power and the rights of citizens to agree with how they were governed.
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By May 1777, Georgia adopted its first state
constitution at a constitutional convention
held in Savannah.
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The parish system was done away with, and eight counties
were formed. However well meaning the lawmakers
were in developing the
1777constitution, there
were problems.
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Rather than a bicameral legislature, the Constitution
of 1777 provided for a unicameral, or
one-house legislature.
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This single legislative body had very broad powers,
including the ability to make appointments for the judicial
branch (the courts) and the executive
branch (the governor).
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Stung by the loyalty of former governors to the king,
the members of the constitutional convention
wanted to limit severely the influence
and power of the governor.
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They proposed a one-year term for the
governor. He was to be selected by the
legislature rather than voted on by the people.
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The actual power was in the hands of twelve lawmakers
from the legislature who served on an executive
council. This council could accept or reject any proposals initiated by the governor.
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The constitutional
convention selected
John Treutlen, a Salzburger,
as governor.
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The Articles of Confederation
The founding fathers wanted to make sure their
new government would be very
different from the government of Great Britain.
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The Articles of Confederation, ratified in
1781, intentionally established a weak
national government.
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The new U.S. government consisted of a unicameral legislature, Congress, in
which each state had one vote. There was no chief
executive, and no national court system.
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The weaknesses in the Articles of
Confederation caused major
problems for the
new country.
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Under the Articles, the Confederation Congress that
couldn’t pay the colonial soldiers during the
Revolutionary War found that it also couldn’t pay them after
the war.
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The Confederation Congress asked the states for help, but many states
rejected or ignored the request.
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The new government didn’t have the power to regulate trade between the states or
between the United States and foreign countries.
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Each state had its own money system which also created problems
with trade.
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The British reoccupied some of the forts in the Northwest
Territory (the area north of the Ohio River) and the national
government was powerless to do anything to stop them.
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As a result, foreign countries had little
respect for the new country.
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George Washington and others were alarmed at what they saw happening to the states under the Articles of confederation. A movement
began to examine and revise them.
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An opportunity arose in 1786 when Virginia asked for a meeting in Annapolis,
Maryland, to discuss the continuing trade problems
among the states.
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Representatives from only five states attended and
nothing was accomplished. The delegates did ask that a second convention meet in
Philadelphia that year.
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They broadened the goals for the Philadelphia meeting and asked to discuss all the problems of the Articles of Confederation. It was hoped that some changed could be made that would make the national government stronger.
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