PollnowUS History

http://video/SAFARI/montage/play.php?keyindex=3102&location=local&chapterskeyindex=8807&play=1

National government could not tax US could not pay its

war debts▪ Who did the US owe $

to?

No money could be counted on for domestic needs▪ What types of things

could the government need money for?

National government could not regulate interstate commerce States charged

each other tariffs States competed,

rather than cooperated, with each other

National government did not have a strong executive Loosely organized

states created a presidential office (president of Congress), but it gave no real power to this office

The new government lacked leadership and direction

WANTED: 1 PRESIDENT

Government lacked effective national courts No courts existed to

try people who broke national laws

State courts always gave precedence to their interests in legal battles with the national government or with other states

WANTED: Effective Courts

National government could not raise an army The government was

forced to rely on volunteer militias from the states▪ What happens if there is

a dispute between states?

Shays’ Rebellion demonstrates the importance of this problem▪ Why?

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American Revolutionary War Veteran and Farmer Daniel Shays leads a rebellion against the government of Massachusetts He and many others like him are deep in debt and

have been imprisoned many times, forcing them to lose all they had and giving them no way to provide for their families ▪ They were upset especially since they were veterans and

the government they had fought for had now turned its back on them

The rebellion is eventually put down by a privately raised militia, as the federal government had no ability to do so and the state militia of MA was largely involved in the rebellion

Shay’s Rebellion brought to light many of the most glaring problems with the A of C and prompted change

This is what prompts the writing of the Constitution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sN974UTZOM&feature=related (6:53)

Now that you have seen the problems with the A of C, you are going to address them

You will be “writing a governing document”

Bullet Points white paperWith a group of 3 (only 3!!! Unless #’s

don’t work which I will then ok)Address the things you think are most

important for a government to ‘fix’ in the manner that you think is best

Your idea needs to be negotiated and compromised between your group members

You must be specific about what you think are the biggest issues gov’t faces and how YOUR GROUP would solve them Who would decide it Where $ for it comes from Be prepared to explain why

And name your “nation”

The law-making body of Pollnowville will be comprised of 3 representatives from each of the 22 states This law-making body will conduct research to

determine the feelings of the Pollnowvillites on issues and set policies accordingly

The justice-system body of Pollnowville will then decide whether the law that has been created is just or not

That is how laws would be made in Pollnowville, because…

Get with 2 other people, get your desks together and start talking about the most important issues you want to address You must come up with at least 5 of them!

Then talk about how you will address them

No wars with other countries/groupsDon’t draw pictures I will give you a transparency and

overhead markers Write the nation’s name and your group

member’s names on the transparencies

Group member namesNation name5 problems5 solutions

And how you will pay for the solutions