The Articles of Confederation

Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power was where?

• Legislative branch

• the president

• the states

• national government

How many branches of government were there under the Articles of Confederation?

• One

• Zero

• Two

• Three

This picture shows which weakness of the Articles?

• no common currency

• no executive branch

• no power to tax

• one vote for each state

What were the Articles of Confederation?

• The first system of government after the Revolution

• written by Madison about the Constitutional Convention

• Used to declare Independence from England

Daniel Shays' rebellion showed that:

• the government under the Articles of Confederation could not keep control of its citizens

• the government should be able to defend our citizens from Great Britain again

• the government needs to protect the citizens from Native American attacks