Articles of Confederation

Formal approval that had to be given by all 13 state legislatures before the Articles of Confederation could go into effect

• suffrage

• ratification

• republic

• constitution

Vast region that included present day Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin

• New England

• Northeast Territory

• Louisiana Territory

• Northwest Territory

Act passed by Congress that created a system of limited self government for the settlers living in the Northwest Territory

• Northwest Territory

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Articles of Confederation

Governing body for the states under the Articles of Confederation, in which each state had one vote

• Northwest Territory

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Confederation Congress

Surveys that divided public lands into townships of 36 square miles, which in turn were divided into 36 lots of 640 acres each

• Northwest Territory

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Articles of Confederation

Document that created a "firm league of friendship" among the states

• Constitution

• Northwest Territory

• Articles of Confederation

• Confederation Congress

Under the Articles of Confederation, the government consisted of _______________ branch of government.

• 3
• 2
• 1
• 4

One weakness of the Articles of the Confederation was ____________. 

• The ability of Congress to tax.
• The inability of Congress to tax.
• The ability of Congress to declare war.
• The ability of Congress to create courts.

One weakness of the Articles Of Confederation was that it lacked which 2 branches of government?

• Legislative & Executive

• Executive & Judicial

• Judicial & Legislative

• Executive & Congress

In the Articles of Confederation, where was most of the government power placed?

• The States
• The National Government
• The Continental Congress
• The Legislative Branch