Articles
Problems
Organization
Achievements
Northwest Ordinance
100
This is the first Constitution of the United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation.
100
This was one of the main problems the Founders faced when writing the Articles.
What is the people's fear of a strong national government
100
This was the only branch named in the Articles of Confederation.
What is the legislative branch.
100
It can be said that this is how many achievements there were under the Articles.
What is four.
100
Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana
What are the states that were formed from the Northwest Ordinance?
200
This is the year that the Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation
What is 1777
200
Because of their experiences with the British, the colonists wanted to make sure their government did this.
What is protect the rights of the people.
200
Every action taken by Congress had to be approved by these.
What are the states.
200
The government successfully did this against Great Britain.
What is wage (fight) the war for independence.
200
This was outlawed in the northwestern territories
What is slavery
300
This man not only suggested the colonies be free and independent states, he also proposed a national government to unify the states.
Who is Richard Henry Lee?
300
A second problem faced by the Founders was the fear that some states would do this.
What is have more power in a national government than others.
300
This is the number of votes each state was given under the Articles.
What is one.
300
Under the Articles of Confederation, this peace treaty was successfully negotiated to end the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris.
300
Public education, trial by jury, freedom of worship, and due process of law
What was guaranteed to all the Northwest territories
400
This branch was the strongest branch as written in the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Legislative branch.
400
Because of the fear of some states having more power than others, this issue became an important issue when creating the new government.
What is how the states would vote in Congress.
400
If the Congress was to declare war, this many states would have to agree.
What is nine.
400
According to the Articles, states were to recognize these from other states.
What are laws.
400
Each of the five new territories were divided into townships that were organized into these
What is grids
500
Under the Articles of Confederation, these had more power than the national government.
What are the states.
500
The solution to a strong central government was to create this
What is a weak central government?
500
Because Congress did not have the power to do this, it was not able to pay its debt.
What is tax
500
This was the greatest accomplishment of the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
500
Once a territory reached the populatin of 60,000, it could petition to be one of these
What is a state
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