The Articles of Confederation Explained: U.S. History Review
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- A review of our first Constitution, the AOC. What were the Articles of Confederation? How did it run the United States? Why did the Articles of Confederation fail? Mr. Hughes explains the basics of the Articles of Confederation including the reasons for its eventual demise. Check out the US Playlist for hundreds of videos! Now go subscribe! / hughesdv
As goofy as it can be sometimes, these videos are helping me alot in American Govt classes. Its basically like listening to another professor who doesnt suck at teaching...or life
+Bob Swagger I think I will take that as a compliment.
+Keith Hughes (HipHughes) you're welcome
+Keith Hughes (HipHughes) hey can you please subscribe to my teacher she loves your channel her channel is The Chamberlin Channel it's the one with the monapaly guy as the logo please do it I just want her happy.
Exactly 😂😂😂 much better teacher than my Poli Sci. Professor
SO TRUE!
“You should probably get the flu” that really hits different in 2020
WE NEED MORE TEACHERS LIKE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
all my teachers are careless and they are not clear. -__-
Maria Paula Vasco my teacher doesn’t even teach
I low key felt like punching him threw the screen
I hope all these negative comments don't discourage you from making more videos. Not everyone is trying to battle you in politics like some the the comments below. The majority of us are searching American Government lectures because we just need more of an explanation than what we are receiving in class. So, thank you for taking the time to post some information on here! I love the energy you have, it makes this cram session a lot easier.
Thank you! Someone understands.
this is pretty fun and i dont really like history this is good
this sucks just like you
You do a great job explaining throughly and keeping your audience entertained! I really thank you :)
I'm a military veteran and classified as a"non traditional adult learner" in my university's system and I love your videos .... I salute you Sir with both hands !!!
Six years later and you are still helping people pass exams, thank you!
THE FEDS WERE TOO WEAK
+Frank Mecham it's not like I'm dead or something. 🤓
College student here! Loving this lecture, thank you for the help!🌹
Thank You sssoooo much! I thought I was screwed in history, you're an education saver!
#winning
um okay then. I failed because of this 🧖🏽♀️
XD
I love these videos. Mr Hughes brings history alive in a fun and informative way!!
All my 16 years of education, I can honestly say you are an incredibly proficient educator. You are able to explain things so well and you truly want us to learn and remember this information. Thank you and keep doing what you're doing.
As a fellow history teacher I love your stuff Hughes. Just a suggestion - change the Ike and Tina Turner analogy into a Chris Brown / Rihanna analogy. Come on Hughes, Ike and Tina were before our time!!! Be Hip dude! BTW, there is a great animated video called "Shays Rebellion, America's First Civil War". It is done extremely well and I think it really resonates with the students. Check it out if you have not already in your spare time.
Thanks for the kudos and rest assured I made the Chris Brown switch this year. I'll definitely check out your suggestion, thanks!
You are more than welcome. I think it the universal symptom of schooling.... in many cases I assign other videos (such as Crash Course) because my kids mentally check out when they hear my voice. Wishing you and your kids an awesome school year!
Heya Buzzy.... thanks for the kudos... what kind of tech do you have access to?
From my understanding there were multiple delegates for each state in Congress.
No less than two, no more than seven for each state.
However only one vote entitled per state.
Is that correct?
I came across your video in search of information for my Political Science paper and I am officially obsessed with your way of lecturing and explaining concepts in such a straightforward way. I'll be sure to mention your name to my fellow classmates in need of some help ;-) Thank you and keep up the awesome videos!
My ap exam is in one month and I am so glad that you make videos to help students all over the country :)
Thank you for the clarification. We need more teachers like you. My teacher rushes through the material.
Your change of voice with north west ordinance of 1787 actually made me remember the date! And the north west part. You’re dope af. Thank you
thanks for the advice. how do you do your video editing? I like how you set them up. I don't think mine will be exciting if I just ramble on about something.
I really appreciate your lectures. I find them to be informative and you explain everything thoroughly. Thank you!
came across this old vid while preparing for a test tmmrw, very helpful. thanks.
Crazy that this continues to help more than 9 years later. Thank you!
this was extremely helpful thank you!!!
You are the only reason why I'm passing my AP US History class! You are a blessing!!
Ok, so after being out of school for over 20 yrs and I really didn't like history much in school, I am amazingly enjoying your videos. This is my first semester in college and the amount of information you have to process through/in/out of your brain is, well, you know, A LOT. Thanks for posting these awesome vidoes. I am so glad you are here for us!!
Very well done. I like your analogies and how you make it so much easier to understand. (I also like what u did with the green screen effect)
I’m starting law school and these lectures are helping me revive history i learned as a kid
You don't understand how much you helped me! Your awesome, keep up your funny videos !!!
Sure thing. As long as you keep watching.
This dude should be a professor if he isn't already.... He's definitely breaking this information down in very simple terms...
*Power to you for doing these. Truly, power to you. =]*
Dude your channel is amazing. It has helped me study tremendously. You keep it engaging and educational. Thanks so much.
Amazing job! This helped so much..thank you!
This video is old, but it still is helping me to this today! Thank you for being such a passionate teacher, for once I actually understand history & government.
Thank you for the enlightenment, much enjoyed learning The A.O.C from you.
this was a great video! I have a midterm in a couple of hours and this may be an essay question and this video was great at explaining everything in detail.
I'm writing an essay in social studies to compare The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. Are there any guidelines you can give me?
I wish you were my professor!!! thank you for this fun and informing video
You gotta love the learnin'
i dont wanna learn
Midterms tomorrow and your vids definitely help!
This has helped me out a lot. Keep up the good work.
Im watching this for my college class and lmao I use you for all my work THANKFUL for hip hughes
You are my test prep ! Thank you so much for this video everything clicked
the comedy touch and the simplicity of your videos helps me a great deal....Am I the only one?
Sounds like you got your own great teacher. But yes, use what you can, like everything in life. And your project sounds cool, is there a web link for it? Maybe Ill drop it on my own students.
You do a very good job with these videos Mr. Hughes. I'm a current History major and even though I know the information in your videos, I still love to go over them. I would do history videos myself, but I am not that good with video editing.
This was great, I'm in History 312 right now and the professors lecture bore the hell out of me. He went over this and I didn't understand much of what he was saying but when I saw this, you made so much more sense within those 14 minutes then he did in the hour and ten minutes he was talking. Thank you.
You make life so much easier and straight to the point. Good job
This is a terrific lecture! 👏
You just earned a subscriber.
Thank you!! When you need to be smarter than your kid, I am thankful for people like yourself creating fantastic lectures!
You're Amazing ! Thank You So Much. I've Learned A lot. Please Continue To Make Pop Culture References. They Are Relatable And Easy To Understand.
I learned a lot from this, I have an assessment coming up in 2 days, and I couldn't exactly understand all of it, I am not an expert on asking questions either, I also watched a lot of videos but yours covers it all, thank you so much and please pray I get an A or at least a C
those may exist in state constitutions but they are not mentioned in the articles.
Thank you
This really helped with my project.
Thank you so much. I really do appreciate this video. You did amazing and now I know the articles of confederation a little more!!!
For some reason Ike Turner was in the front row or my high school graduation.
I use Imovie and final cut, but dont let the button pressing get in the way. I do social studies lectures as opposed to history ones, so mine our set around analogies and conceptual ways of explaining historical events. Start with a creative idea, a way of explaining, otherwise it can quickly fall into a diatribe of meaningless facts. History is meant to convey a lesson, an idea which is larger and more important than the stinking details. But Im a high school teacher....
You're not hip but these videos work lol ! Thank you.
I understand. I teach 11th graders and to me the concept is of the utmost importance. Kids can't write about the academic idea if they don't have the foundation, so I do lecture in kidspeak..... if told, kids understand the video is a bridge to comprehension. The real acquisition of learning occurs in the inquiry project after the video.... thanks for the comment
THANK HEAVENS A MAN WHO SPEAKS A LANGUague i can understand!
thank you for putting it in simple words. my u.s history teacher just did too much and i understood it but need something more simple like this. can you do the battle and defeat of long island?
All praise history god Keith
He knows all and no one can talk like he can or teach like he can... that is all
Thank you hopefully I pass my test tomorrow covered everything I needed to know
I learned a lot, and this video was interesting. Keep it up
I have a History test tomorrow, and the question is to define what is articles of confederation in three or more sentences. is there any way you can help me in answering this? :s
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States of America from 1776 to 1786. The AOC was created with a general distrust of political power, therefore the way it divides power is a lot different then we define Federalism today. Unlike today the abundance of power was kept to the states, almost like 13 little countries, the central government held very little power. Eventually its was this lack of Federal Power that would leave the young United States vulnerable to internal rebellions, such as Shay's Rebellion which led many to accept the need for new stronger Constitution.
How's that?
Perfect! Thank You! You are a great teacher!
You got it! I'll tell you what, come back everyday or every other day, ok every once in a while and click on one of the videos in the US History playlist and I shall be your teacher! So far you have an A+
your funny in your approach, but I love your analogies and how you convey your messages. great video I got a midterm coming and I'm going to read study and watch your videos.
@kbuds1 yeah, we're of differing views on this one. But again, mad props.
I have a goverment test tommorow, how can you paraphrase the Annapolis Convention and conneticut compromise so it can be simple to remember and study.
10:12
Had me bursting out in laughter and got distracted when studying from home, thanks for the laugh, that’s made my day.
That's flipping genius. Love the Tina and Ike analogy!
I can respect your views. Lets not forget though that w/out the 14th, African Americans would have had no recourse to the discrimination their states imposed on them. What is to say that a state gov or a local government will not take your liberty? And when it does, should we not have recourse with a central rulebook? Again I respect your views, I just see liberty differently but like you value it and seek its expansion. Props brother man.
Super great content! might I suggest getting a lav microphone?.. Better audio will take it from a 8 to a ten..
My government teacher told us to watch this video for homework. This is the first time I have been glad I had done my homework.
Thanks, this video really helped me.
Thank you so much! This really helped me understand :)
I did not think that Bees actually had knees. They must be super tiny.
well chaos sometimes I have students who don't try very well so you helped me a lot too. (but mostly they do and I love all my kids, but not in a creepy way)
Still not quite sure I see why I see the disadvantage of strong states and a weaker federal government. A few positives sure, such as military, but wouldn't state autonomy from the federal government ultimately be better in representing the wants and rights of the people of the various states?
great video. should make one about the Federalists and Antifederalists regarding the
Constitution of the United States.
ALL THESE COMMENTS- THEY'RE SO POLITICAL AND SHIT.
language bud young kids present
This video was the bees knees -- It's actually helping me with a college course (the second video of yours that has helped!)
So cool. Love the video
Great teacher. You keep it understandable
this was amazing. i never really understood the articles of confederation that much, until now. thank you so much!!
Agreed, but I would argue that to the elite, the idea of these peasant factions causing friction was beyond unpleasant. And questioning the wealthy right to foreclosures? Anarchy! If I said Fed papers before ratification debate, my bad, of course these were written to persuade the states to ratify. Thanks for your smart comments. Smart people make all this work much better.
on the flip side is seeing Texas not adequately dealing with the very real problem of the uninsured (for them and on those who do have insurance). One in four in TX has no insurance. And in the grand scheme of things in history ObamaCare is no where near the scale of gov. intrusion as Social Security, Medicaid or Medicare. But yes, it is an expansion of federal power and mad respect for your strong opinions.
I'm in advanced social studies and I have a big test tomorrow, this really helped me study..... although I didn't get "the articles of confederation sucked because the feds were to weak???"part
@Hip Hughes TY. I've written accurate subtitles for this video. *Please can you add them* because YT have a new policy that *only you* can add subtitles
There was 1 thing that I wasn't sure about in this video:
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but, generally, if you see that word and [with a strong accent you say something like:] you seeing it like I see it,
BTW, I've also done subtitles for 2 other videos of yours - please add them:
The American Revolution Explained: US History Review
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 for Dummies
YT are deleting all unpublished subtitles so I am writing the subtitles for this video hereinbelow in 3 parts
Part 1 of subtitles:
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Hey guys, and welcome to another Hip Hughes History lecture.
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In this video lecture, we're going to take a look at the essential question:
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Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?
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So let's get to it. Giddy up!
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The Articles of Confederation were our 1st Constitution.
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That's right, folks.
We've had 2 Constitutions.
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We're very much used to hearing:
"the United States Constitution".
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Well, that puppy was written in 1787.
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And if you know anything about American history, the year 1776? Maybe that rings a bell for you?
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That's the Revolutionary War in Independence.
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So for that 11 year period - from 1776 to 1787,
the United States was run under the 1st constitution.
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The Articles of Confederation.
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And I'd like to start with kind of like a mantra - something that if you just repeat enough, you probably will get the multiple-choice right,
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but we're obviously going to explain it in depth,
and that is:
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the Articles of Confederation suck
because the Feds were too weak.
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The Articles of Confederation suck because the Feds were too weak.
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Or the States were too strong.
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So, in order to understand what that means,
we have to understand the word:
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Federalism
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And that's a really big word on the exam in this course.
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You have to know what federalism is.
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If you don't know what federalism is come exam time, you probably should play sick.
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You should probably get like a cold or the flu.
Don't go.
Because you need to know that word.
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So, federalism is our form of government
(as I sneak over here for a second) right?
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And basically, the concept is that,
under colonialism or the colonial era,
the United States - the Americans - the colonists, right?
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really had kind of like
a bad view of what government was
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because of the abuses that - you know - the King of England and the English government had kind of done to the Americas.
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It depends on how you look at it but:
no taxation without representation
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and the denial of some natural rights
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consent of the governed...
you know - we really didn't like government.
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So, in the analogy that I use when I teach that is with Ike and Tina Turner.
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Tina Turner being the colonist
and Ike being the abusive - you know - kind of King of England,
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and that eventually what does Tina do?
She grows up, right?
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She reads 'Common Sense'
and she decides:
'I'm out of here'.
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So now that she's out of here - that's 1776 - obviously, she has to fight her way out in the Revolutionary War,
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but she has to, now, form a new government, right?
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In a sense, she has to kind of date a new guy.
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So it's that idea in her head about men - you know - that 'men are abusive' or that 'government is abusive',
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that makes her come up with a form of federalism.
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Because, you see folks, Tina now has the power.
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So. rather than handing all of that power over to some - you know - guy that we really don't know well,
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she's going to - and here we go with the definition:
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federalism is the division of power between:
the federal government (that new guy),
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and then some just for Tina.
Tina's going to be the states in this analogy.
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Let me do that in 1 big swoosh:
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federalism is the division of power between:
the Feds
and the States.
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So both of our Constitutions have had that theory or that in action of
federalism.
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Today, we have - you know - rather powerful federal government, and - you know - we're not going to give viewpoints here - whether it's good or bad,
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but throughout American history,
the federal government has grown in size,
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and, y'know, the States still retain power:
marriage laws and schools, and, y'know, some of these issues.
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But the federal government is definitely the authority figure in that relationship, under most aspects of what we would consider 'public policy'.
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So, when Tina 1st gets her hands on the power,
she's going to form the Articles of...
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You said it didn't ya?
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The Articles of Confederation.
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She's going to rip it like this:
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Federalism is the division of power between the Feds...
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and the States.
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So, the Feds are incredibly weak
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and now you know why - Tina doesn't like government.
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She doesn't really
trust - you know - federal central authority.
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So the colonists, when they write the
1st - you know - Articles of Confederation - the 1st Constitution,
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they're going to delegate (give to) the federal government very limited power.
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And the States,... are going to be like independent nations in a sense.
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They're going to have...not all of the power, but most of the power that, today, we find in the federal government.
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So, let's take a look at what I call:
the good, the bad and the ugly of the Articles of Confederation.
Part 2 of subtitles:
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A little bit good.
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A little bit more bad.
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And a lot of ugly.
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Let me go see if I can go find that right now.
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So I found it!
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I found the good
and I found the bad
and I found the ugly.
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And as we dive into that,
let's just get some basic structure down.
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There is a Federal government, you know?
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We said that - you know - federalism is the division of power between the-
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There is a little federal government.
There's a big State governments going on,
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but there *is* a federal government.
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So, we need to look at the structure of that federal government.
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Basically, there is 1 branch of government.
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Today, we have 3 branches - we have legislative, executive and judicial.
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There's only the legislative under the Articles of Confederation.
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There is a Congress with 13 members.
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Guess what the 13 members represent?
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Yeah! They represent the 13 States.
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Every State - big - small - it doesn't matter,
gets an equal voice,
gets 1 vote in that government.
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So, that's what it looks like.
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So good, bad and ugly:
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The 'good' is the law.
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I only go over 1 because really there is only 1 fundamentally, really good law for the United States government passed under the Articles
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and that is the
Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
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And I'm going to explain why I said it like that in a second,
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but basically, what this law does is it gives the federal government the ability to grow the nation.
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It is a procedural law that basically sets up a formula for territories to join the United States and become States.
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So, sometimes in class I've said it like:
'the uh oh mama can go get pregnant law'
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[speaks with an accent:]
Mom go get pregnant. Oh Northwest Ordinance in 1787.
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And you know that's kind of a strange vocabulary word that will pop up in the exam
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and if you have a lot of facts stuffed in your head, sometimes it's hard to pull that 1 out,
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but, generally, if you see that word and [with a strong accent Hughes says something like:] you seeing it like I see it,
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you'll get that pregnancy visualization in your mind,
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and then maybe the multiple-choice will start to kind of pop out that idea of the United States growing;
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of the United States being able to eventually - you know - do 'Manifest Destiny'
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through Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican War and all that other, y'know, stuff that comes later.
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So, from United States' perspective, that's good.
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Y'know, if you're a Native American or you're a Mexican, the Northwest Ordinance is probably not a good thing,
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But let's move on from there.
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Let's do the bad and the ugly.
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The bad is the structure itself - kind of the rules of the Articles that really are going to hamper - handicap in a sense, the ability of the United States to go forward.
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So, here are just a few of them:
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Number 1. There's no President, right?
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If the aliens come down from outer space and say 'Take me to your leader',
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there is no leader.
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There's no court system.
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There's no ability to tax.
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The federal government had to ask the States for money.
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And in a sense, you know, the federal government really has an empty wallet.
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It has a credit card with no credit on it, in the sense.
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There is no army.
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The army consisted of the....what today would be the National Guard,
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but the 13 States had their own military.
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There's no monetary system,
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so there's no national money.
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There's no ability to control interstate commerce, kind of, between the States.
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Rhode Island, I think, had set up basically, its own tax system,
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that if you wanted to sell goods in Rhode Island you had to pay Rhode Island money to do that from other States.
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So, those are some of the bad structural aspects.
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In terms of passing laws, remember there were only 13 members in Congress - 13 States.
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You needed 9 out of 13 to pass a law.
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So, that's what's called a 'supermajority' - it's hard enough to get 51% - you know - to do *anything*
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so to get 9 out of 13 made it very difficult to pass laws - you know - to change the Articles of Confederation.
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Let's say they had a realization:
'ohh man! That's messed up! We have to change that!'
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You needed all 13!
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So that's going to be a problem.
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And we're going to find out - you know - through the Annapolis Convention, that eventually we're not going to be able to get 13 to agree to change *anything*
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which is going to ultimately destroy the Articles of Confederation.
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So, kind of, that's the good and the bad.
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You know 'ohhh mama get pregnant Northwest Ordinance of 1787'
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The inflexibility of the Articles.
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9 out of 13 to pass a law,
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but more importantly, 13 out of 13 states to agree to change that baby,
which makes it completely inflexible.
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You really can't - you know - move forward and change things.
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And - you know - the structural aspect itself - the idea that
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there's no President;
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there's no President;
there's no tax system;
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there's no President;
there's no tax system;
there's no court;
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there's no President;
there's no tax system;
there's no court;
there's no military;
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there's no President;
there's no tax system;
there's no court;
there's no military;
there's no paper money.
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It's all going to make it for, kind of, a bad scene later on.
Part 3 of subtitles:
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So let me go get the ugly
and then we're going to be done.
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Ugly!
It's ugly, where are you?
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Argghghhhh!
Argghghhhh!
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I found it! It's the ugly!
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The ugly is in the idea of Shay's Rebellion.
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Shay's Rebellion - many, many exams I've seen that on - in New York State, the Regents and other exams.
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They want you to know Shay's Rebellion!
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In a sense, Shay's Rebellion is really like kind of the match that's going to set those Articles on fire.
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We've already put the wood down!
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We put all of those kind of bad aspects and weak aspects and inflexible aspects of the Article - that's kind of like kindling with gas on it!
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All you really need is a spark or something to light that afire.
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And that was Shay's Rebellion.
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In the State of Massachusetts,
Shay was a former Revolutionary War soldier,
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and he was a little p***** o**.
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He was a little upset that what he felt the government (Massachusetts) wasn't doing for him.
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That he was paying taxes and he really didn't feel that he had proper representation.
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That he felt he was owed debt from the Revolutionary War.
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He really thought, in a sense, that the government wasn't doing well by him.
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So, the Declaration teaches you that if the government isn't giving you - you know - your natural ri- protecting your natural rights, or is abusing its power,
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that you should - you know - force it to change, whether that's through non-violence or maybe violence - the Revolutionary War.
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So Shay and his band of followers basically march on the capital - basically demanding change,
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demanding, y'know, representation - more representation and demanding some recourse to their debt problems.
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So, the concept is that - you know - almost if you can be the Governor of Massachusetts and look out the window
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and see this kind of angry mob coming towards you and you're kind of getting a little nervous - you think maybe this is it.
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Maybe they're going to cut my head off!
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So you grab the phone and who do you call?
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You call your daddy.
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You call the federal government.
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You call the entity that is there to protect you and what do you hear on the other end?
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Boop boop boop boop 1-800 Congress.
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Uh oh!
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They're not going to be able to help.
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There's hardly anyone on the other end.
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They have no army. They have no taxpayer power.
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They'd asked the States for help to go help another State.
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And it's not that Shay's Rebellion cuts heads off, and it's not that Shay's Rebellion is successful.
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Eventually, they are - you know - captured and they are charged, and I think later some were pardoned maybe.
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Maybe some were executed.
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I'm not an expert on Shay's Rebellion but what I do know is that it scared the hell out of some people.
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it scared the hell out of people like Alexander Hamilton,
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and people that had power and land and money because this really represented:
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the fear of a lot of property owners was that 'the day might be coming where they come for us'.
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So we need a federal government with more power.
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Hence, they wrote the Federalist Papers which are going to argue for a new Constitution.
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So, that's the ugly - Shay's Rebellion.
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Eventually, the States end up in Annapolis, Maryland at a meeting.
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It's called 'the Annapolis Convention' - 'the Annapolis Meeting', where they try to scratch their heads and figure out: 'What are we going to do?'
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So, they decide that they're really going to have to have a Convention to change this baby majorly.
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Rhode Island, you you didn't even show up to the Annapolis Convention.
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So, when you don't show up to the Constitutional Convention, and you need all 13 to be there to make any changes.
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That's it.
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Articles of Confederation, poof! Goodbye!
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So, I hope that you learned something about the Articles of Confederation.
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If you learned *anything*, hopefully, you know what federalism is and now you can say with me that:
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the Articles of Confederation sucked because the Feds were too.....?
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You did it! Good for ya.
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All right guys. We'll see you in another video lecture - keep studying and er...
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Good for you. See you later!
You're a great teacher man! Thank you
The states are individual nations. That is exactly the intent of the founders. This is seen when you look at how other countries are referred to as separate states. The federal gov't has only four duties they are lawfully allowed to operate under. The federal gov't has unlawfully broken those bounds and the people need to learn to take charge of these liars and creeps in gov't who think we serve them. They serve the people, period. Judges are NOT the ultimate arbiter of law. They only have opinions, not rulings. Rulings are what kings make, we kicked kings off the American continent long ago. Opinions are just that, an opinion. And that is what judges give. Opinions. They do not teach law in school because the ursurpers of the country do not want anyone in their separate class (separate classes of people is unconstitutional also) they live within and abuse the people from.
Okay then.Was Florida neutral after pearl harbor?
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