Early US Government

What was the first government called?

• Associatin
• Confederation
• Democracy
• City-State

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 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

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.

What is the name of the first written plan of government for the newly independent U.S.A.?

• Constitution
• Treaty of Paris
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation

Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power was where?

• Legislative branch
• President
• The States
• National Government

A written plan of government

• direct democracy
• constitution
• representative democracy

Form of democracy where the people elect representatives to do the work of government

• constitution
• theocracy
• representative democracy