Articles Basics
This was the first plan for government in the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
A strength of the Articles was that it helped the U.S. win this war.
What is the Revolutionary War?
The Articles were finally approved by all 13 states in this year.
What is 1781?
The writing portion of a CFA
What is a CER?
A group of states that work together for a common purpose is called this.
What is a confederation?
The Articles of Confederation were created during this war.
What is the American Revolution?
Congress could not collect this, which made it hard to pay debts
What are taxes?
This rebellion showed that the Articles were too weak
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
The answer to the historical quesiton
What is a claim?
The Articles of Confederation created a “firm league of ______.”
What is friendship?
Under the Articles, there was only one branch of government. What was it?
What is the legislative branch (Congress)?
Congress could make laws, but could not make the states do this.
What is enforce the laws?
The meeting that replaced the Articles took place in this city.
What is Philadelphia?
a quote or summary from a document that supports your claim.
What is evidence?
The rule that each state had only one of these in Congress
What is a vote?
This group had most of the power under the Articles
What are the states?
One major weakness was that there was no national _______.
What is court system (or executive branch)?
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 created a way for this to happen.
What is adding new states?
The explination on how the evidence connects to the claim?
What is reasoning?
The plan required approval by this many states to make changes.
What is all 13 states (unanimous consent)?
The Articles of Confederation were replaced by this document in 1787
What is the U.S. Constitution?
Because Congress couldn’t raise money, they couldn’t pay these former soldiers.
Who are Revolutionary War veterans?
This document set rules for settling lands north of the Ohio River.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
What is counterclaim?
A government with limited central power and strong state control is called this.
What is a weak central government?