Chapter 6 - Articles of Confederation

System of government for a specific state

• State Declaration of Independence

• State Constitution

What was the Articles of Confederation?

• The letter to declare that the United States had formed it's new country

• A document that described the system of government after the failed Constitution

• A document that described the system of government before being replaced by the Constitution

• A contract to work at the White House

Dealing with other countries

• State Affairs

• Local Affairs

• Interstate Affairs

• Foreign Affairs

Ordinance is another word for:

• statutes

• dogs

• Oregon

• laws

When was the Northwest Ordinance passed?

• 1996

• 1896

• 1797

• 1787

When ______ free adult _________ were living in the territory, they can elect their own representatives.

• 5,000; males

• 5,000; females

• 500,000; males

• 500,000; females

TRUE OR FALSE: When 100,000 "free inhabitants" were living in the territory, they could write a constitution and be admitted to statehood.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Shay's rebellion was a rebellion with which group?

• Farmers

• Typists

• Masoners

• Woodworkers

Which statement identifies a major achievement of the Articles of Confederation?

• The Articles created a powerful national executive

• The Articles established a single national currency

• The Articles established a national government during the American Revolution

• The Articles announced the reasons why the colonists had separated from England in 1776

How did these weaknesses affect the delegates to the Annapolis Convention in 1786?

• They decided to give greater power to state governments

• They asked the states to send representatives to revise the Articles

• They drafted a bill of rights to protect the liberties of individual citizens

• They encouraged groups of states to enter into their own separate arrangements