Topic 2 Lesson 2: Country's First Government

Front

What role did governors fulfill when the colonies became states?

Back

implementing and enforcing state laws

Front

Which of the following powers did the Confederation Congress have?
Options:
to tax the people of the states,
to appoint state judges,
to organize an army,
to choose state governors

Back

to organize an army

Front

What was the structure of the state governments that were set up to replace colonial governments?

Back

Each had three branches—legislative, executive, and judicial.

Front

Which of the following states were formed from the Northwest Territory? Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois; Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee; Wisconsin, Idaho, and Louisiana; Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Minnesota

Back

Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois

Front

What important law was included in the 1787 Northwest Ordinance?

Back

Slavery was forbidden in the territory.

Front

What was a key result of Shays’s Rebellion?

Back

People called for a stronger central government.