Articles of Confederation

This was the original governing document of the United States.

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

Select all of the following which were weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

• States printed their own money, no standard currency.

• There was no central military to defend the country

• The central government had too much power.

• Each state had one vote, which annoyed the big states.

Which document first established that Virginia would have no official religion, and that all Virginians could worship whatever religion they desired?

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Bill of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Which document first established that citizens of Virginia would have certain rights protected for them against the abuses of the government?

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Bill of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Why did the Continental Congress create the Articles of Confederation the way that they did?

• They wanted a weak central government because strong governments were what they had been fighting against.

• They wanted a centralized government to persuade Prussia to join the American Revolution.

• They wanted a strong central government to defeat the British, so they made one.

• They wanted no government so that the states could do whatever they wanted to.

The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom and the Virginia Declaration of Rights both influenced the later writing of...

• The Articles of Confederation.

• The Declaration of Independence.

• The Bill of Rights.

• The Missouri Compromise.