Standards Addressed: SS8H4.a - Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of both the Georgia Constitution of 1777 and the Articles of Confederation and explain how weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led to a need to revise the Articles.
1.) Warmup - George Washington said the government created by the Articles of the Confederation was “little more than the shadow without the substance.” 1.) Define: shadow 2.) What did he mean when he called our nation's first government a shadow without substance.
2.) Finish reading about Articles of Confederation in book, and discuss and answer questions from handout.
HW -
Remainder of Articles and GA Constitution handout
