Accomplishments of the AOC
The AOC established this service, which allowed messages to travel from one place to another.
The Postal Service
Shays' Rebellion took place in which state?
Massachusetts
What is the definition of federalism?
the federal principle or system of government:
Because the founders were afraid of a strong, central government, under the AOC there was no provision for a what?
President or Executive
to make war and _____.
peace
The government under the AOC successfully guided the country through which 8 year war?
The Revolutionary War or War for American Independence
Who was the philosopher who suggested that the central government was subordinate to the local governments? Think "Social Contract"
John Locke
Which government refused to leave established forts in America?
Great Britain
The national government did not have the power to raise revenue by creating what?
Taxes
conduct _______ affairs
foreign
The AOC paved the way for what document that would establish the US government.
Constitution
The Northwest Territory was bounded by which bodies of water?
Ohio River, Mississippi River, and the Great Lakes
What year did many Congress approved 12 amendments?
1789
What was the attempt to close down courts to prevent the foreclosure of farms after the Revolutionary War?
Shay's Rebellion
coin and ______ money
borrow
What treaty was negotiated with the British following the Revolutionary War, recognizing the colonies as "free, sovereign, and independent States?"
Treaty of Paris of 1783
The Land Ordinance of 1785 divided the Northwest Territory into sections called what?
Townships
What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 prohibit in the new territories?
Slavery
Under the Articles of Confederation, how many states were needed to approve a new law?
Nine
settle disputes among the ______
What law provided for education and the fair treatment of Native Americans in the Northwest Territory?
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Who drafted the Articles of Confederation in 1777?
John Dickson
The Articles of Confederation were ratified by all states in what year?
1781
Under the Articles of Confederation, each state was allowed how many votes, regardless of population?
One
request ___ and _____ from the states
men and money