Articles of Confederation

What were the Articles of Confederation?

• The first system of government after the Revolution
• written by Madison about the Constitutional Convention
• Used to declare Independence from England

The states retained the most of the power of government under..

• The Federalist Papers
• The Constitution
• The Articles of Confederation

The problem with having no court system under the Articles of Confederation was that...

• no one would go to jail
• disputes between states or citizens of different states could not be settled fairly
• there wa no system to license lawyers

The Articles of Confederation were structured the way they were because the former colonies feared...

• a strong government
• poverty
• free press

The country under the Articles of Confederation could not defend itself because it could not

• collect taxes
• amend the Articles
• create a national Army

The central government under the Articles of Confederation had to __________ states to pay taxes

• Force
• Ask
• Ask the President to Require

One weakness of the Articles of the Confederation was ____________. 

• The ability of Congress to tax.
• The inability of Congress to tax.
• The ability of Congress to declare war.
• The ability of Congress to create courts.

The Articles of Confederation created a _________________ type of government.

• strong
• average
• weak
• federal

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

• 3
• 2
• 1
• 4

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

• 9
• 10
• 13
• 15