Articles of Confederation
This was the first government of the United States.
What was the Articles of Confederation?
What is the 3/5th compromise?
What is the legislative branch?
This battle ended the revolutionary war.
What was Yorktown?
This English King lost the English civil war.
Who was Charles 1st?
This was who wrote the first draft of the articles.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This part of the legislative branch has proportional representation.
What is the House of Representatives?
This is what Article 2 establishes.
What was the Executive branch?
This person wrote the declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This theory states that the government was created through a supernatural being and that said supernatural being has given all power to one individual who rules with their favor.
What is the divine rights of kings?
This was the rebellion that ended the Articles of Confederation.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
This part of the legislative branch has equal representation.
What is the senate?
This is what Article 3 establishes.
What is the judicial branch?
This is where the shot heard around the world took place.
What is Lexington?
These are the three issues with political parties that the founders warned us about.
What are uninformed voters, tribal hatred, and an inability to compromise?
This was who the government appointed to capture Shay?
Who was George Washington?
This branch of the United States Government enforces laws and handles disputes.
What is the Executive Branch?
This is what Article 4 establishes.
What is how new states join the Union?
Who were France and Spain?
This is what George Washington warned us against in his farewell address.
What was to avoid political parties, foreign entanglements, and to protect our liberty?
Daily Double:
These are the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What are:
They are not able to collect taxes.
They can not raise an army.
They can not have a navy.
In order to create legislation, all 13 states must agree.
The government cannot stop states from fighting amongst themselves.
The government cannot make its own currency.
This is the head of the Judicial branch.
Who are the Supreme Court?
This is what Article 5 establishes.
How to make amendments?
This was the treaty that ended the war.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
These are the four criteria of statehood.
What are population, territory, sovereignty, and government?