To approve
Ratify
Without the power to collect taxes Congress lacked what?
Money
Under the Articles of Confederation how many branches of government were there?
1
Another name for law is what?
Ordinance
What is the US currency today?
The dollar
DAILY DOUBLE-Branch of government that passes the laws.
Legislative
Under the Articles of Confederation who had more power, states or the central government?
States
Under the Articles of Confederation how many states had to approve a law before it passed?
9
The land the US received land north of the Ohio River after the Revolution called what?
Northwest Territory
During the Revolution, Congress printed their own money called what?
Continentals
The first form of government of the United States was called what?
Articles of Confederation
Congress did not have money after the Revolution which meant they could not pay who? (2 possible answers)
Soldiers and countries that had lent the US money during the Revolution
Before the Articles of Confederation could take effect, how many states had to approve the plan?
13
DAILY DOUBLE- Which law stated how the Northwest Territory would be divided and provided for public schools in the territory?
Land Ordinance of 1785
Daniel Shays and his group of farmers sought to close what?
Shays Rebellion resulted in calls for a _______ national government.
Courts
Stronger
This branch of government interprets the laws (decides what the laws mean).
Judicial
In what year did the Articles of Confederation go into effect?
1781
According the the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, a territory could ask to become a state once their population of free adult males was at least...
60,000
Which law made slavery illegal in the Northwest Territory?
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Individuals who supported making the central government stronger were known as what? Name an individual who supported this.
Nationalist
George Washington or Benjamin Franklin
A steady rise in prices that occurs as money loses value and things cost more.
Inflation
Give at least 2 examples that show that the Articles of Confederation was a weak form of government.
1. No power by the national (central) government to collect taxes
2. No national army
3. Congress could not enforce laws about trade with other countries
4. No national currency
Daniel Shays led a group of about how many men?
700
According the the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 how could a territory become a state?
Having a population of 60,000 free adult males and a written constitution.
In what year did representatives gather in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation?
1787