Understanding the Articles of Confederation

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How was the authors’ intentions for documents A and B different from the artists’ intention for document C?

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A and B were written to support the Articles of Confederation, C was created in opposition to the Articles.

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What is Washington claiming about the Congress under the Articles of Confederation? "Congress, meanwhile, is a body of no importance, as its ordinances are little attended to."

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Its laws were not followed.

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What is the common argument between all three documents? Options: The Confederation Congress did not receive the respect it deserved. The Articles of Confederation were too weak to lead the United States. Shays’ Rebellion could have caused civil war within the United States. The lack of a national treasury put the United States at risk from foreign countries.

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The Articles of Confederation were too weak to lead the United States.

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How credible are the authors of documents A and B?

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Credible – they are scholars of early American history.

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Which sentence from the documents supports the argument that Shays’ Rebellion had an affect on the support for the Articles of Confederation? Options: “Our treasury and our credit are in a sad situation.”, “If this lawlessness soon spreads to other States it will be a problem.”, “Jealousy between states and local concerns are too present in all our public councils.”, “Congress, meanwhile, is a body of no importance, as its ordinances are little attended to.”

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“Our treasury and our credit are in a sad situation.”

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What tone is created by the language in the sentence: “In a word, the confederation appears to me to be little more than a shadow without substance.”?

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critical

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Which phrase from the documents is a statement of fact? Options: “No National Court System.” (document C), “a spirit of lawlessness has infected Massachusetts.” (document B), “good government of the Union [is] nearly impossible.” (document A), “it seems a serious political mistake that we should confederate as a nation” (document A)

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“No National Court System.” (document C)

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According to the information in Document D, which two states were most likely to support representation in the new Congress based on population? Options: Delaware and Georgia, Massachusetts and Virginia, Delaware and Rhode Island, Connecticut and South Carolina

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Massachusetts and Virginia

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According to the information in Document D, which two states were most likely to support representation in the new Congress based on equal representation?

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Delaware and Rhode Island