"Year that the Articles of Confederation were drafted among these choices: 1776, 1777 or 1778?"
What is 1777?
100
"The area that lay north of the Ohio River and between the Mississippi River and the Appalachains?"
What is the Northwest Territory?
100
"The oldest delegate at the Philadelphia meeting who settled disputes with his wit and humor."
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
100
"The only state that did not send a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention."
What is Rhode Island
200
"Charges, or taxes, on imported goods."
What are tarriffs?
200
"The number of states required to approve a law in order for it to pass under the Articles of Confederation."
What is nine (9)?
200
"Forbidden in the Northwest Territory."
What is slavery?
200
"This person led the New York delegation at the Philadelphia Convention."
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
200
"The veteran of the Continental Army who attempted to lead a tax revolt."
Who is Daniel Shays?
300
"The names of the two branches of government not present in the Articles of Confederation."
What are executive and judicial?
300
"Among these choices, the one that the Confederation Congress did NOT have the power to do: "
Borrow and coin money
Manage Indian affairs
Declare war
Regulate trade
What is regulate trade?
300
"The legislation that provided a means for governing the large tracts of western land."
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
300
"This man was the single most influential member at the Philadelphia Convention."
Who is James Madison?
300
"The right guaranteed to every person living in the Northwest Territory thanks to the Northwest Ordinance."
What is freedom of religion?
400
"The people here had no voice in their government."
What is a Territory?
400
"The most important legislation passed by the Confederation Congress dealt with this issue."
What is Western Lands?
400
An area that measured six square miles?
What are townships?
400
"This man was the youngest delegate to attend the Philadelphia convention."
Who is Jonathan Dayton?
400
"The main weakness of the Confederation Congress"
What is Congress did not have the power to enforce the laws that it made?
500
"The right to stockpile (accumulate) goods until ships come to transport them overseas."
What is "right of deposit"?
500
"The name of America's new plan of government following the Revolutionary War."
What are the Articles of Confederation?
500
"The two things a territory has to do before it could become a state."
What are a) write a constitution and
b) submit it to congress?
500
"This man attempted to work out diplomatic problems associated with "right of deposit."
Who is John Jay?
500
"The three economic weaknesses of the Confederation Congress."
What are:
1) Congress could not levy taxes
2) Congress lacked the power to regulate trade
3) Congress did not have sole authority to coin money and regulate its value.