The Articles of Confederation was considered the what?
What is First constitution of the United States
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Why was Congress unable to resolve many of the economic problems that faced the United States under the Articles of Confederation?
Congress could not levy (collect) taxes
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How many free eligible citizens must live in a territory before it can apply to become a state?
What is 60,000
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Framers created a weak central government under the Articles of Confederation because they were still too loyal to what?
What is their own individual states
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Who is considered the main author of the Declaration of Independence and what year was it written? (2 Part Answer)
Who is Thomas Jefferson, in 1776
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What was the purpose of the Articles of Confederation?
What is To establish a government framework separate from that of Great Britain
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Disputes between states could not be solved under the Articles of Confederation because Congress did not have the power to regulate what?
What is trade
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The Northwest Ordinance established what?
What is a system to admit new states into the United States (Union)
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The framers of the Articles of Confederation intentionally created a weak central government and only had a Congress of 13 representatives because, as former British subjects, they feared what?
They feared a strong central government would replace the tyranny of the British government, or they feared having one leader would lead to an abuse of power
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What battle was considered the turning point of the American Revolution because it helped convince the French to join the side of the Continental Army?
What is the Battle of Saratoga
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The framers of the Articles of Confederation favored _______ over __________
What is individual states' rights over the rights of a central government
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True or False: Under the Articles of Confederation the central government had an executive branch to carry out laws
False
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What was one major way Congress could get money under the Articles of Confederation?
What is selling the land in the Northwest Territory
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How many branches of government did the Articles of Confederation have?
What is one branch, the legislative branch (Congress)
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This Act, one of many taxes passed by Parliament before the American Revolution, placed taxes on a number of goods including glass, lead, paper, and tea?
What is the Townshend Acts
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Why did the writers of the Articles of Confederation intentionally establish a weak central government?
(2 Part answer)
What is they feared a strong central government and wanted to protect the power of the states
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Name TWO strengths the central government possessed under the Articles of Confederation
What are: ability to declare war, make peace treaties, coin money, operate post offices
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The Northwest Ordinance did what important step in preparing territory around the Great Lakes for statehood?
What is set up a government in the Northwest Territory
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How did Great Britain take advantage of the weak central government under the Articles?
*Hint – they violated one of the agreements in the Treaty of Paris
They refused to remove their troops from the territory ceded to the U.S. after the Revolutionary War
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This man participated in the famous Midnight Ride along with Paul Revere and went on to become the first African American elected to public office
Who is Wentworth Cheswell
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Since each state received one vote in Congress under the Articles of Confederation, states such as Virginia and Rhode Island would be concerned about what?
Should voice in government be based on state size and population?
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How did Shays' Rebellion show people that the Articles of Confederation were weak?
What is the rebellion showed the Articles were too weak to manage relations among the states.
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Under the Land Ordinance, townships in the new territories set aside land for public schools. This is the first example of what?
What is government support for public education
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Massachusetts farmers rebelled against raised taxes because they felt they were being treated unfairly. What caused the economic depression that led up to Shays' Rebellion?
After the Revolutionary War ended, the country went into an economic depression and demand for food decreased, so farmers could not pay back the money they had barrowed
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The settlement of Jamestown and colony of Virginia were settled primarily for what?