Articles of Confederation Flashcard 2022

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Main idea of the cartoon about the Articles of Confederation?

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had many serious shortcomings.

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Which group was responsible for answering these questions?

• Settlers creating the Mayflower Compact.
• Delegates writing the Articles of Confederation.
• Representatives drafting the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
• Colonists negotiating the Albany Plan of Union.

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Delegates writing the Articles of Confederation.

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In 1787, the United States was at a crossroads. Farmers in western Massachusetts had rebelled the year before over property taxes. The state struggled to end the rebellion. Events such as this one contributed to the decision to -

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restructure the federal government

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After the End of the Revolutionary War, states were eager to expand into newly available territory. The states of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Virginia argued over competing claims to land west of the Appalachian Mountains. This conflict was addressed by the -

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Northwest Ordinance

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Which of the following represents a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

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Absence of an executive branch to enforce laws passed by Congress

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Why was the first form of common association for the former colonies replaced by the U.S. Constitution?

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It had placed more power in the individual states than in the central government.

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In 1786, a group of western Massachusetts farmers rose up to protest taxes and actions against debtors. This uprising, known as Shays' Rebellion, was important because it -

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revealed the inability of the national government to put down an uprising if it had spread

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What did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention decide to do to resolve a key weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

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Increase the powers of the central government.

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What is the viewpoint of the cartoonist?

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State governments wielded too much power under the Articles of Confederation

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Why did the Articles of Confederation establish a weak central government?

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Colonial experiences under British rule had generated a fear of an abusive government