Constitution

• *Articles of confederation had several apparent shortcomings.
• *Couldn't compose taxes
• *Couldn't regulate trade between stage
• *Couldn't raise and mantain a military
• *Consisted of 1 branch, Legislative

• *First one met in Philadelphia in May 1786 to revise of confederation.
• *Georgia sent four delegates;
• William Pierce
• William Houston
• William Few
• Abraham Baldwin

• *Opposed a ban on slavery
• *Supported creating a strong central goverment
• *Georgia needed help protecting its vast frontier from Indian Raids by the Creeks

• *A Georgia delegate to the convention, forced a tie with Houston causing the question of representation to go in commitee.
• *Resulted in the Great Compromise, creation of the Senate and House of Representatives.

• *Preamble: Introduces the concept of "Popular sovereignty"
• *The articles: Established the foundation of our government
• *The Amendments Guarantee certain rights to all citizens

*Requires formal approval by 9 states*Despite problems with the articles of confederation. Some were unsure of this new constitution. GA became the 4 to ratify the Constitution.

• *A bill must pass both houses of the legislature by a 2/3 majority in each
• *Once the bill has passed both houses it goes on to the states
• *Passed in states by simple majority vote

• *Provided a list of rights for all people
• *Helped to dissipate concerns of too powerful of a national government
• *New amendments can be added
• *There are currently 27 amendments