Articles of Confederation
What is the Articles of Confederation?
America's first government
This Enlightenment thinker influenced the idea of natural rights.
John Locke
This word means complaints against the government.
Grievances
This type of legislature has only one house.
Congress could not do this, leaving the country deep in debt.
tax
This word means to officially approve the Articles of Confederation.
Ratify
This Founding Father wrote most of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
This part introduces the purpose of the Declaration
Preamble
Each state received this many votes in a Unicameral Congress.
1
Congress could not regulate commerce, also known as this
trade
The Articles of Confederation were created to help the 13 states do this against Great Britain
unite and fight the British
This thinker influenced the creation of three branches of government and separation of government
Baron de Montesquieu
The people give government this.
Power
What is a compromise?
A settlement of differences and reach an agreement
Because there was no executive branch, Congress could not do this to its laws.
Enforce laws
How many states ratified the Articles of Confederation by 1781?
13
This author wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense
Thomas Paine
The Declaration of Independence was approved on this date.
July 4, 1776
What is treaty?
Because there was no judicial branch, the country did not have a national _____ system.
Court system
Under the Articles, states focused more on regional concerns than becoming one united _____.
Nation
Name the four influential people we studied who helped shape American government and independence.
John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Paine
The Declaration of Independence was written by a committee of this many men.
5
This many states had to agree for Congress to pass a law
9
Changing the Articles required this type of consent from all 13 states.
Unanimous Consent