articles of confederation

what does the" political body" refer to in the Articles of Confederation

• its the meeting of commanders to discuss battle strategies

• a group of volunteers to build new buildings

• individuals with a goal of establishing government operations

• group of people to protest decisions

What is the main purpose of the Rticles of Confederation

• to guide the army during the war of independence

• to organize the government and structure the colonies for the end of the war of independence

• to negotiate terms of the treaty of Paris of 1783

• to set rules for the first president

why was each state only allowed one vote in congress

• to protect them from a powerful national government

• to give congress more power over the states

• to keep the US from intimidating foreign nations

• to satisfy britain in the treaty of paris 1783

which were weaknesses of the articles of confederation

• the feds had no right to tax

• there was no group to monitor the actions of the federal government

• the federal government collected taxes to give to each state

• there was no real leader for the government

• states worked together on all political and economic policies

which statement is true of the articles of confederation

• congress handled all of the issues of the country

• the articles were successful because it allowed all states to have power

• it wasn't the best form of government becasue Congress did not have enough power

• the president was chose as the leader of the country

What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• the federal government was too weak

• It had no legislative branch

• The judicial was too powerful

• The executive was too powerful

A weakness of the Articles of Confederation is that it had __________ . 

• only an executive branch
• only a legislative branch
• only a judicial branch
• an executive and legislative branch

One major problem with the Articles of Confederation is that Congress could not ______ the citizens to raise money.

• tax
• ask
• demand
• force

Who had more power under the Articles of Confederation?

• Federal Government
• State Governments
• Individual people
• States with larger populations

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

• strong state government
• weak government
• strong central government
• legslature