Concerns of the New Gov't (Articles, Declaration, Constitution)

Which of these was a power shared by both the states and Congress that helped weaken the Articles of Confederation?

• the power to collect taxes

• the power to declare war and make treaties

• the power to print currency and make coins

• the power to create new states

Which of the following DIRECTLY led to the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

• Treaty of Paris

• Shay's Rebellion

• Boston Massacre

• French and Indian War

The list below shows five post-Revolutionary War problems:

• A weak government under the Articles of Confederation
• Economic depression and inflation
• Farmers claimed "taxation without representation"
• Few markets and high farm debt
• Massachusetts farmland taken by the state

Which of these events occurred as a DIRECT result of the problems listed above?

• Shay's Rebellion

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Land Ordinance of 1787

The U.S. Constitution resolved one weakness of the Articles of Confederation by -

• including a voting rights provision

• creating a system of federal courts

• decreasing the power of the executive branch

• instituting a process of admission for new states

Why did the Continental Congress create a national government with few powers under the Articles of Confederation?

• George Washington refused to be crowned king.

• States were allowed only one representative in the Confederation Congress.

• Virginia did not want a national government to challenge its power among the states.

• Revolutionary leaders were suspicious of a central government with too much power.

Why did delegates to the Second Continental Congress write the Articles of Confederation?

• To avoid entangling alliances with governments in Europe

• To provide a list of fundamental rights held by all U.S. citizens

• To establish a government framework separate from Great Britain

• To explain the grievances of colonists against the British Parliament

Why did the U.S. government have difficulty repaying its war debts under the Articles of Confederation?

• The government had no power to raise taxes

• Foreign countries increased their interest rates

• Foreign countries would only accept gold bullion

• The states had no power to print their own currency

The Articles of Confederation Congress strengthened the growth of the United States through

• bills concerning how the nation abolished slavery

• regulations concerning how the states ratified treaties

• ordinances regarding how the territories become states

• laws regarding how fast the armed forces would expand

How did English rule influence the kind of government established by the writers of the Articles of Confederation?

• one leader with absolute power

• less state power, more federal power

• less federal power, more state power

• three branches of central government

Because it established only a legislative branch of government, the Articles of Confederation lacked -

• a bill of individual rights

• an inability to negotiate treaties

• a system of checks and balances

• a process for territories to become states