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