Articles of Confederation

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The Articles of Confederation

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did not create a strong national government

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Daniel Shays’ organized a rebellion to protest the unfair taxes and treatment against farmers.

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unfair taxes and treatment against farmers

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The primary purpose of the Articles of Confederation was to

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establish the basic framework of the national government

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One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was the inability of the central government to 

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collect adequate taxes from the states

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Under the Articles of Confederation, the years between 1781 and 1787 are often referred to as the “critical period” because the central government lacked the power to deal with major problems.

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central government lacked the power to deal with major problems

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Shays’ Rebellion (1786) became a concern for many national leaders because it exposed fundamental weaknesses in government under the Articles of Confederation.

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exposed fundamental weaknesses in government under the Articles of Confederation

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Why did the authors of the Articles of Confederation create a weak central government?

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They feared the kind of rule experienced under the British monarchy.

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What idea is the cartoonist expressing when he titled this political cartoon “Rough Sailing Ahead”?

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The Articles of Confederation are doomed to fail

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Which document describes the following statements?
• Congress could not levy and collect taxes.
• Congress could not regulate interstate or foreign trade.
• There was no national court system to settle disputes.
• The thirteen separate states lacked national unity.

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Articles of Confederation

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In this quotation, Thomas Paine is trying to convince the colonists to:
“...Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ’TIS TIME TO PART. . . .” — Thomas Paine, Common Sense

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declare their independence from England