Articles of Confederation

The first government of the United States was established with the...

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

Made it difficult for a __________ to form.

• state government

• central government

• religious government

• legal government

Under the Articles, the government could declare war, make treaties with foreign countries.

• True

• False

Travelling from state to state, citizens were guaranteed to have the same ________

• money

• power

• rights

• religion

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787...

• organized a money system for the U.S.

• provided a system of dividing and governing new land

• kept the British out of the colonies

• organized an official U.S. Army

__________ had the most power under the Articles.

• people

• national government

• church

• states

Under the Articles the U.S. didn't have a President

• True

• False

The national government needed the states' permission to form ___________

• an army

• a common currency

• new states

• declarations of war

The Articles gave the national government the power to tax

• True

• False

The national government had no power to _____________ under the Articles of Confederation

• enforce the law

• make treaties

• buy land

• appoint military leaders