Articles of Confederation
What was the first constitution of the United States?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
What was the group of delegates from the 13 colonies called?
What is the Continental Congress?
What was the governing body under the Articles of Confederation called?
What is the Confederation Congress?
Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
What is Philadelphia?
What does sovereignty mean in the context of the Articles of Confederation?
What is the power to rule independently?
What type of union did the Articles of Confederation create among the states?
What is a loose union of states?
What major decision did the Continental Congress make during the American Revolution?
What is declaring independence from Britain?
Name one power that the Confederation Congress had.
What is making war and peace?
What was the goal of the Constitutional Convention?
What is to fix problems with the Articles of Confederation?
Which entity had the most sovereignty under the Articles?
What are the states?
What was a key weakness of the Articles of Confederation regarding Congress?
What is that Congress couldn't tax or regulate trade?
What role did the Continental Congress play in managing the war effort?
What is that they made important decisions during the American Revolution?
What was one thing the Confederation Congress could not do?
What is collect taxes?
Who was one important delegate at the Constitutional Convention?
Who is George Washington?
Name one thing that states could do under the Articles of Confederation.
What is create their own laws?
How did the Articles of Confederation affect state power?
What is that each state kept most of its power and independence?
What body created the Articles of Confederation?
What is the Continental Congress?
How did the Confederation Congress manage foreign relations?
What is through limited powers granted by the Articles?
What document was created as a result of the Constitutional Convention?
What is the new Constitution?
How did states exercise their sovereignty regarding trade?
What is by controlling their own trade?
When were the Articles of Confederation in effect?
What is from 1781 to 1789?
What problems did the Continental Congress discuss?
What are colonial problems?
What was a major limitation of the Confederation Congress?
What is that it could not force states to follow laws?
Name another important delegate besides James Madison.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
What does it mean for a state to be like the boss of its own state?
What is having the power to make decisions independently?