https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92 Made with mirth en-us 2017-09-07 13:49:54 UTC 2023-03-04 02:59:59 UTC hello@padlet.com miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185505868 Glad you asked...]]> 2017-09-07 13:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185505868 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185546882 After getting independence from England, the States started to form a new government.]]> 2017-09-07 15:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185546882 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185547431 The Articles of Confederation were the first form of government in the U.S.A.]]> 2017-09-07 15:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185547431 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185550250 2017-09-07 15:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185550250 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185550461 The Articles basically stated that the state's individual gov't was more powerful than the federal.]]> 2017-09-07 15:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185550461 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185551092 The states ran themselves like an independent gov't. There were no Presidents, Senates, or anything like that.]]> 2017-09-07 15:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185551092 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185551776 Not very well you may guess. There were no law enforcement to enforce state/federal laws. No one saw themselves as "Americans" more like "South Carolinians" etc.]]> 2017-09-07 15:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185551776 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185553108 2017-09-07 15:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185553108 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185553437 After war, the country was in a lot of debt. Especially certain states. The federal gov't wanted the country to come together to pay it off. But citizens didn't care for that too much, due to them wanting to be independent from each other.]]> 2017-09-07 15:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185553437 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185554851 When tensions were high, people fought and many feared without a strong central gov't, we would go into an anarchy state.]]> 2017-09-07 15:19:27 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185554851 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185555916 2017-09-07 15:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185555916 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185556205 The continental congress met together to try and fix the extremely weak central gov't.]]> 2017-09-07 15:21:25 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185556205 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185556774 This plan was made initially to make the central gov't stronger. But it only gave larger states the benefit in elections. Smaller states like NJ didn't like that at all.]]> 2017-09-07 15:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185556774 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185716040 The New Jersey plan was the response to the Virginia Plan. The NJ plan stated that in elections each state would have one vote. Eventually they'd come to a compromise where states would get equal representation based on population.]]> 2017-09-07 22:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185716040 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185716841 Well kinda, there was a lot of debating on what kind of government would lie ahead due to the north and south having different views on slavery. But then the delegates didn't mention slavery at all ]]> 2017-09-07 22:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185716841 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185721628 What did the people want after equal representation? Basic rights to protect them from a gov't that becomes to strong, so the "Bill of Rights" was established]]> 2017-09-07 23:21:59 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185721628 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185721919 2017-09-07 23:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185721919 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185722024 Federalists were supporters of the newly made constitution. Who believed a strong gov't would let our country prosper. But the Anti-Federalists were the people who feared strong central gov't, and those who wanted a "Bill of Rights" ]]> 2017-09-07 23:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185722024 miranda_eplin https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185722416 The federalists papers answered the opposition's fears that a republic has to be a small government. Meaning that a strong federal gov't would benefit everyone and their beliefs.]]> 2017-09-07 23:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/miranda_eplin/7czj4pl8rk92/wish/185722416