Articles of Confederation
1. What did Richard Henry Lee, in his resolution, call on the second Continental Congress to do?
Declared Independence
8. What were the states primarily responsible for?
The people.
10. What year did the revolutionary war end?
1783.
13. What were some of the problems between and among the states?
Lack of trade due to not giving up money for resources.
11. What was the Treaty of Paris?
The agreement that ended the Revolutionary War.
2. What did the Articles of Confederation establish?
Established a confederation from a league of friendship.
6. What were the powers given to Congress, in the Articles?
Admit new states.
17. What happened on January 21, 1786?
Maryland agreed to the Mount Vernon accords.
16. What did Maryland and Virginia do at Mount Vernon?
Discuss trade disputes between the two of them.
14. What was Shay´s Rebellion?
A small group of farmers led by ex-Revolutionary War general Daniel Shays.
3. Why didn't the Articles go into effect immediately?
Debate over who would control the western land.
7. What were the obligations of the states, in the Articles?
To give money to the national government.
18. What happened at Annapolis, Maryland on September 11, 1786?
Discuss trade between all of the states.
19. What did they call for at the next meeting, in Philadelphia?
Delegates for commerce.
15. What was Mount Vernon?
Where George Washington lived?
4. What was the structure of the government established by the Articles?
Weak national government.
9. What were the weaknesses of the powers of Congress?
They can´t tax, regulate trade, and states print money.
20. What were the seven states that named delegates to meet in Philidelphia, February 1787?
Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Georgia, and Delaware.
5. Who was the presiding officer?
Who was the presiding officer?
12. What did some states do that was forbidden by the Articles?
They refused to provide money to the government.
21. What did Philidelphia become?
Where they made the constitution.