Dates
Committee appointed to draft the Articles
June 12, 1776
SAMUEL ADAMS
Massachusetts Bay
No national currency or stable economy
states printed their own money
How many states were in the Confederation?
What is 13
Equal treatment and movement
Article IV
Articles of Confederation adopted by Congress
November 15, 1777
JOHN COLLINS
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Difficult to pass laws or amend the Articles
It took 9 of 13 states to pass major laws and all 13 to amend the Articles
What was the first American government called?
Articles of Confederation
Name of the union
Article I
On what year was the Articles of Confederation adopted?
1777
OLIVER WOLCOTT
Connecticut
First national government framework as states by Article _________
Article I
What replaced the Articles of Confederation?
the U.S. Constitution
Alliance of friendship
Article III
Congress agreed upon the form of a ratification of the Articles of Confederation
June 26, 1778
JOHN HANSON
Maryland
Each state regardless of its size and population will only have ________ in Congress
one vote
Why does Congress can't collect taxes?
taxation without representation as one cause of American Revolution
Perpetual union and amendments
Article XIII
Congress assembled under the new form of government
March 2,1781
THOMAS ADAMS
Virginia
Congress could make laws but couldn’t force states or citizens to obey them because __________
no executive branch to carry them out
Why did the Articles of Confederation limit the power of Congress?
tyranny of King George III as one cause of American Revolution
Debt responsibility
Article XII