Articles of Confederation

The land that belongs to a national government that is not a state is called:

• Constitution

• Territory

• Land

The first form of government was called

• US Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Northwest Ordinance

During what meeting were the Articles of Confederation written?

• Constitutional Convention

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

When were the Articles of Confederation written?

• 1777

• 1786

• 1787

Under the Articles of Confederation, the states thought themselves as...

• states

• territories

• separate countries

The government of each state was run by

• Congress

• Represenatives

• a President

Congress was controlled by ______________ from individual states.

• presidents

• congressmen

• representatives

Before Congress could pass a la how many votes are needed from the states to approve a new law?

• 100%

• 9/13 votes

Why did the United States have to find new trading partners?

• Because they needed to to eat!

• Because Africa had closed their ports.

• Because Great Britain was refusing to trade with the United States.

What problems did the states have after winning the War of Independence?

• They had a new president and his name of Abraham Lincoln.

• They couldn't pay their taxes, the British weren't trading with thiem anymore, the federal government was given very little power and there was no court system to deal with arguments between the states.

• The states had a ton of money and were all Gucci.