Articles of Confederation

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No power to tax citizens was another weakness of the Articles of Confederation. Why do you think it was like that?

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Fear of being over taxed

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The Fear of one person having too much "Power" was what weakness of the "Articles of Confederation"?

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No Chief Executive

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Fear of a Strong Central government, no way to protect the Country, What weakness was this?

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No power to draft an army

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Which branch of government existed when the Articles of Confederation was created?

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Legislative (congress)

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Under the Articles of Confederation, the government consisted of _______________ branch of government.

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one

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In order to change (amend) the Articles of Confederation,  __________ out of 13 states had to agree.

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13

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The Articles of Confederation created a _________________ type of government.

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weak

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In the Articles of Confederation, where was most of the government power placed?

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The States

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Who was the president under the articles?

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There wasn't one.

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One major problem with the Articles of Confederation is that Congress could not ______ the citizens to raise money.

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tax