Articles of Confederation

What is the name of the first written plan of government in America?

• Constitution

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

Americans were afraid that a __?__ would lead to tyranny, or oppressive rule.

• strong state government

• weak government

• strong central government

• legslature

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

• Legislative branch

• the president

• the states

• national government

Under the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state get when voting on a new law?

• Zero

• One

• Two 

• Three

Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress couldn't collect taxes

• Weak central government

• Provided for no common currency

• All of the these

The Continental Congress set up the Northwest Ordinance to sell _______ to pay off the debt from the war.

• crops

• land

• slaves

• none of these

How many branches of government were there under the Articles of Confederation?

• One

• Zero

• Two

• Three

This picture shows which weakness of the Articles?

• no common currency

• no executive branch

• no power to tax

• one vote for each state

Who led the farmers against the government of Massachusetts?

• Daniel Shays

• the Government

• all of the farmers were leaders

• Thomas Hobbes

Shay's Rebellion started as a protest against

• unfair taxes and farmer debt

• the death penalty

• no judicial system

• debtors' prisons