AOC & Constitution

The Constitution was written because of the founders dissatisfaction with what document?

• Albany Plan of Union

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Treaty of Paris

What was one weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Create a postal service

•  no ability to collect taxes

• control western land

• admit new states into the Union

Many of the original framers of the Articles of Confederation left out a Chief Executive (President) and a National Court System (judiciary) because...?

• They feared a strong central (national) government

• they feared another war with France

• they were willing to risk tyranny for an effective government

• They wanted a monarchy

The concept of Federalism divided power between...?

• the National and State governments

• The judicial, executive and legislative branches

• The state and local government

• The national and global branches

What event led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787

• Bacon's Rebellion

• Shay's Rebellion

• The Annapolis Convention

• The British refusal to leave the forts on the western frontier

Shays' Rebellion in MA started as a protest against

• unfair taxes and farmers' debt

• the death penalty

• the Revolutionary War

• Native Americans

What best describes the Articles of Confederation?

• A book telling stories about the American Revolution

• A set of British laws on the colonists

• Benjamin Franklin’s diary

• The first constitution of the United States

What replaced the Articles of Confederation in 1788?

• Declaration of Independence

• U.S. Constitution

• The Proclamation of 1763

• “The Crisis” by Thomas Paine

Which branch of the government was added because of George Washington’s                 election?

• Parliament

• Legislature

• Judicial 

• Executive 

Select all that apply.

The Articles of Confederation allowed Congress to _____. 

• Declare War and Peace

• Borrow Money

• Force states to obey laws

• Set up an army