Vocabulary
A written plan of government
What is a constitution?
This was not added to the government because they were scared of a person becoming like King George.
What is a president, or chief executive?
This was the first government of the United States of America.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Spain would not let the Americans use the ____________ River for trade.
What is the Missisissippi?
He proposed the idea of the Articles of Confederation.
Who is Ben Franklin?
type of government where people elect representatives to make laws
What is a Republic?
What is the power to tax?
The Articles of Confederation created a _____ national/central government.
What is weak?
This is what England was doing to the United States.
What is not leaving forts?
Shays Rebellion took place in this state.
Where is Massachusetts?
This is a loose alliance of states.
What is a confederation?
This is a problem of 13/13 states needed to pass amendments.
What is it would be difficult to get everyone to agree?
The Articles of Confederation created _________ state governments.
What is strong?
This was the group who were creating problems for the United States in the Mediterranean Sea.
This is the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance.
What is to organize lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to settle and live?
What is a territory?
These are 2 reasons why the national government could not get money.
What is they could not collect taxes or collect state debts?
This was the main reason why they created the Articles of Confederation so weak.
What is they did not want to become like England?
This is the reason why the United States could not stop Spain and England.
What is they had no power to raise an army?
This is the reason why Shays Rebellion was the last straw the ended the Articles of Confederation.
What is it showed that the national government was too weak to defend itself?
This was the only success of the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
This is a reason why not having court system would be a problem.
What is there would be now way to create fairness with laws?
This was banned in the Northwest Territory.
What is slavery?
This was the main reason why the United States could not prevent the Barbary Pirates from creating problems.
What is they had no money due to not being able to tax or collect money?
This is the reason why Shays and his followers were upset at the government.
What is they were upset that farmers were losing their land, and they tried to stop them?