Establishing A New Government

The 2nd Continental Congress sent the Articles of Confederation to each state ________________.

• for ratification.
• to tell them what to do. 
• to veto it. 

The ratification was a slow process due __________________.

• to claims of western lands. 
• the use of slaves. 
• to judiciary issues. 
• to the number of votes each colony would have.

____________________ assured Maryland that western lands would be made into new states, rather than increasing territory for existing states.

• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjimin Franklin
• George Washington
• Sam Adams

The ________________________ said how each new territory should be divided up.

• Land Ordinance of 1785
• Articles of Confederation
• Treaty of Paris of 1763
• Constitution 

Congress wanted to sell lots to the public to pay the nation’s debts. This led to the agreement of the ___________________.

• Land Ordinance of 1785
• Articles of Confederation
• Treaty of Paris of 1763
• Constitution 

_________________  affected the practice of slavery by
banning the use of slaves.

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787
• Land Ordinance of 1785
• Articles of Confederation 
• Constitution 

The _______________________ established admission of a state into the Union. 

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787
• Land Ordinance of 1785
• Treaty of Paris
• Articles of Confederation

After signing the Treaty of Paris, ________ closed many of its ports to American ships. In addition, ________ forced American merchants to pay high tariffs- taxes on imports or exports.

• Britain 
• France 
• Spain 

To ease this hardship, some states began printing large amounts of paper money. This led to ___________.

• inflation 
• debt
• their economy being better off.

Because of inflation 

• The money had little or no real value,
• Money had gained value. 
• Everyone solved their debt problems.
• We were able to pay off our war debts.