New Nation 3

Out of these subtitles, what would be the best title for them?

-Created a weak national government

-Each state had only one vote

-Congress had no power to tax

-No executive or judicial branches

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• U.S. Constiution

• Articles of Confederation

Articles of Confederation:

"The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.

According to the quote from the Articles of Confederation, who had the power to levy taxes?

• President

• State governments

• Congress

• The people

One weakness of the United States government under the Articles of Confederation was that the

• Congress could not collect taxes

• Supreme Court had too much power

• small states had no independence

• large states had too many votes

Which of the following were weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation?

• Provided no common currency

• Established three branches of government

• Gave Congress no power to tax

• Gave each state only one vote

• Provided for a strong central government

Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

-No executive branch

-No judicial branch

-No power to tax by Congress

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Which phrase best completes this list?

• No states' rights

• No common currency

• No national legislature

• No political parties

What led to the drafting (creation) of a new constitution?

• problems with the Bill of Rights

• misspelled words in the Declaration of Independence

• strengths of the Articles of Confederaton

• weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

Freedom of speech and freedom of religion are part of what document?

• Gettysburg Address

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Emancipation Proclamation

In which city did the Constitutional Convention meet?

• Washington, D.C.

• Philidelphia

• New York

• Boston

Who was elected president of the Constitutional Convention?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Mason

• Benjamin Franklin

Click on the two correct answers.

The Bill of Rights is basked on which two documents?

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Declaration of Independence

• The Proclamation of 1763