Articles of Confederation Review

What caused Shay's Rebellion?

• High taxes on sugar

• Congress implemented high taxes

• High taxes on tobacco and cotton

• High taxes on Massachusetts farmers

Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress was not allowed to tax people

• Congress had too much power

• The President did not have enough control

• There were only two types of currency

The Articles of Confederation were...

• the King's plan for how to govern the newly freed colonies
• America's first attempt at self-government

• a constitution creating separation of powers.

• George Washington's plan for taking power as the new King

The main weakness of the Articles of Confederation was...

• creating a weak central government
• not giving enough power to the states
• too many taxes
• uniting all of the states

Shay's Rebellion revealed...

• that Americans had too much freedom, and they needed to have some taken away
• that the Articles of Confederation were not an effective form of government and needed to be revised
• that milita troops were not skilled enough to handle a rebellion
• that the Articles of Confederation were strong enough to handle any crisis 

Under the Articles of Confederation, the government consisted of ______________ branch of government

• 3

• 1

• 2

• 4

Under the Articles of Confederation Congress could only pass a law if __________ out of 13 states agreed.

• 13

• 9

• 8

• 10

Under the Articles of Confederation, each state got _______ vote.

• 3

• 1

• 2

• 5

THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION DID NOT CREATE:

• national courts.

• a congress.

• laws.

• the power to make treaties.

Under the Articles of Confederation, which level of government held most political power

• the 13 independent states

• the national government

• the local governments

• power was equally divided