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__Word Bank__
royalty. || __Notes for Oman and Jennifer's class__:
 * **Word** || **Definition** ||
 * Sovereignty || the quality or state of being sovereign. the status, dominion, power, or authority of a sovereign
 * Economy || thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc. ||
 * Unicameral || consisting of a single chamber, as a legislative assembly; composed of 1 legislative body ||
 * Amended || To change for the better; improve ||

__Articles of Confederation__ (established government) -The Articles set the rules for operations of the "United States" confederation - declare independence - build new government 1.) Known boundaries 1.) Police, Public services, control etc.
 * Define State**
 * Territory
 * Sovereignty (ultimate power) - not states now-a-days; we don't have sovereignty
 * Population: people
 * Population: the number of people living within certian boarders
 * Government
 * Government
 * Organized Economy

Sovereignty 1.) the quality or state of being sovereign. the status, dominion, power, or authority of a sovereign royalty

__The AOC 1777 America’s first Constitution__


 * Confederation**

Loose association of independent states that cooperate on specific matters


 * The New Nation**


 * States Jealously guarded their Sovereignty
 * Without government there will be no control
 * No real national power
 * No executive (president)
 * states had very little contact with other states
 * **Congress was the only National government body**
 * Congress was:**
 * Congress was:**
 * Congress was:**

Paid by the states Subject to immediate recall by the states Execution (enforcement) of Law left to the states
 * unicameral
 * and had two representatives per state
 * One vote per state
 * Determined by state legislatures**

__Congress could:__ Declare war Make Peace Coordinate treaties and alliances Coin and borrow money Regulate trade with Indians Appoint military officers

__Congress could not:__ Enforce law Tax Regulate trade among the states No central military

__Four Reasons for Doom:__ No way to raise money No executive or enforcement agency No regulation of interstate or foreign commerce (trade) Not able to be amended without unanimous consent


 * Shays' rebellion**

Or
Daniel Shays was a former Army Captain &amp; a Farmer and fought in the Revolutionary War
 * "The Rebellion on Shays':**

He and other former military men were in heavy tax debt &amp; faced foreclosure

1,200 of them with guns and a cannon

They marched in Springfield, Mass.

Congress soon found how little power they had

They could not raise a militia

Private business people had to pay to raise a militia to deal with the mob

This was a final straw that lead to the Philadelphia Convention (a.k.a The Constitutional Convention)