Articles of Confederation

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What is a constitution?

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a written plan of government

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What was the MAIN problem with the Articles of Confederation?

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The Articles were too weak.

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Which of the following is an example of a weakness in the Articles of Confederation? Options: Congress couldn't collect taxes, Weak national government, Provided no common currency/money for all 13 states, All of the above

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All of the above

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Why was this first U.S. government so weak?

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Americans were afraid to give their new government too much power

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Farmers rebelled and shut down the courts because they did not want to lose their farms.

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they did not want to lose their farms

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The Articles of Confederation were the first plan of government for the United States of America.

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True

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This event revealed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. Options: The Boston Tea Party, Shays' Rebellion, The Declaration of Independence, The Boston Massacre

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Shays' Rebellion

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Men who established the United States and wrote the Articles of Confederation were known as ...

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Founders

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Under the Articles of Confederation, this part of the government struggled to pay debts because they did not have the power to tax.

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Congress

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A form of government in which power is defined by a constitution.

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Limited government