Articles of Confederation

Articles of Confederation

Social Studies

Who wrote the Articles of Confederation?

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Altogether, six drafts of the Articles were
prepared before Congress settled on a final
version in 1777.

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Benjamin Franklin wrote the first and
presented it to Congress in July 1775.

Multiple Choice

How many drafts were prepared before they passed the final version in 1777

• nine

• six

• five

• four

What was the Articles of Confederation?

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The Articles of Confederation was an
agreement among the 13 original states of the
United States of America that served as its first
constitution.

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(Our first constitution, inspired by Hiawatha!)

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Constitution - “a group of important ideas/rules
which an organization agrees to be governed
(ruled) under”

Multiple Choice

a group of important ideas/rules which an organization agrees to be governed (ruled) under” is called a ___________

• Constitution

• compact

• agreement

• statement

When was the document ratified by the colonies?

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In order for the Articles to be official, they had to
be approved by all thirteen states.

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The Congress sent the articles to the states to
be ratified near the end of 1777.

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Ratified - signed or made official

Multiple Choice

How many states had to ratify or pass the Articles ?

• 12

• 13

• 11

• 10

Where was the Articles of Confederation drafted?

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The Articles of Confederation was an
agreement among the 13 original states of the
United States of America that served as its first
constitution.

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It was approved, after much debate between
July 1776 and November 1777.

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Drafted and ratified by the 2nd Continental
Congress in Pennsylvania

Multiple Choice

Which state did delegates meet to write and discuss the Articles of

Confederation ?

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia

• New Jersey

Why did the colonies write the Articles of Confederation?

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The colonies knew they needed some form of
official government that united the thirteen
colonies.

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They wanted to have written down rules that
all the states agreed to.

Multiple Choice

Why did they write the Articles of Confederation ?

• They wanted start a war

• They wanted to unify the 13 states

• They wanted to have a king ruling

• They wanted one person to decide all laws

Open Ended

What was one weakness of the Articles of Confederation according to the political cartoon ?

Multiple Choice

Congress could not levy or collect taxes

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

The Articles of Confederation did not include

• a national court

• a president

• a way to collect taxes

• all the above

Multiple Choice

The Articles included a president and executive branch

• True

• False