Articles of Confederation Setup

Which group created the Articles of Confederation?

• First Continental Congress
• Confederation Congress
• The Annapolis Convention delegates
• Second Continental Congress

True or False?  The Articles of Confederation had a strong central government.

• True
• False

How many states had to agree in order to ratify the Articles of Confederation?

• 13
• 8
• 1
• 6

True or False?  Congress could not finalize laws to collect taxes so the government went into debt.

• True
• False

How many states did it require to pass any law through Congress?

• 5 out of 13
• 10 out of 13
• 9 out of 13
• 2 out of 13

True or False?  Each state had the ability to make their own type of money.

• True
• False

What treaty ended the Revolutionary War?

• The Civil War Treaty
• The Treaty of Paris
• The Revolutionary War Treaty
• The Northwest Treaty

Because of the Articles the government could NOT regulate ______ among the states.

• food quality
• laws
• travel
• commerce (trade)

Because of the Articles, each state got __ vote(s).

• 1
• 2
• 10
• more votes if more people live in that state

Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles?

• national government taxed the states a lot
• created a very strong president
• all states used the same money
• could not regulate commerce (trade) among the states