Articles of Confederation

Under the Articles of Confederation, which government had the MOST power?

• Legislative branch
• the president
• the state governments
• national government

Under the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state get?

• Zero
• One
• Two 
• Three

The Articles of Confederation created a ________ national government.

• weak
• strong
• both strong and weak
• neither  strong nor  weak

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.

Who was Daniel Shays?

• A former soldier and farmer who was worried about losing his farm, so he started a rebellion

• A tax collector from Massachusetts who had to go and collect money from the poor

• He was the Governor of Massachusetts at the time of a huge rebellion by farmers

What did Daniel Shays' and his men do?

• Burned down government buildings all over Massachusetts

• Took over courthouses by going in armed and refusing to leave

• Paid Native Americans to raid the houses of the wealthy and powerful

• Challenged the US military to a battle

Congress agreed to meet again to possibly _________.

• change the United Stated Constitution

• change the Articles of Confederation

• vote for a president

• meet in Annapolis

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 _____.

• allowed slavery in the northwest territory

• established a method for admitting new states to the Union

• made people move to the northwest

• did nothing

Shays' Rebellion ....

• exposed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation in its inability to provide security for the country.

• led the country to repeal the Articles of Confederation and adopt the Constitution of the United States.

• was a minor incident that had very little effect on the early government of America.

• led to a civil war.