Articles of Confederation 4.1

The word confederation means

• alliance

• constitution

• military

• government

The first government of the United States was designed as a confederation because it was intended to be weak.

• True

• False

A written document that organizes and outlines the operations of a government.

• constitution

• alliance

• legislature

• popular sovereignty

The idea that people are the highest authority in the political system.

• popular sovereignty

• constitution

• alliance

• monarchy

Under the Articles of Confederation voting was restricted to white men who owned specific amounts of property

• True

• False

States in 1776 considered themselves to be independent political units.

• True

• False

The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the thirteen states.

• True

• False

"Colonists" believed that a local government would be more responsive to the peoples needs.

• True

• False

Under the Articles individual states remained independent.

• True

• False

Western territories became the property of the central government.

• True

• False