Government 6

Which group created the Articles of Confederation?

• First Continental Congress
• Confederation Congress
• The Annapolis Convention delegates
• Second Continental Congress

True or False?  The Articles of Confederation had a strong central government.

• True
• False

True or False?  Congress could not finalize laws to collect taxes so the government went into debt.

• True
• False

How many states did it require to pass any law through Congress?

• 5 out of 13
• 10 out of 13
• 9 out of 13
• 2 out of 13

What treaty ended the Revolutionary War?

• The Civil War Treaty
• The Treaty of Paris
• The Revolutionary War Treaty
• The Northwest Treaty

Because of the Articles the government could NOT regulate ______ among the states.

• food quality
• laws
• travel
• commerce (trade)

Because of the Articles, each state got __ vote(s).

• 1
• 2
• 10
• more votes if more people live in that state

Congress never had any money because under the Articles they did NOT have the power to ____.

• print money
• sell items to other countries
• tax
• spend money

This was America's 1st constitution, which proved to weak to protect the American people.

• Articles of Confederation
• U.S. Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• Declaration of Human Rights

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

• crops
• land
• slaves
• none of these