Articles of Confederation

This was the First written Constitution of the U.S.

• Constitution

• MayFlower Compact

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independance

One problem with the Article of Confederation, was the Government needed to pay it's debts, so in order to do this it had to request money from who?

• Foreign Allies

• Britain

• France

• The States

In order to change (amend) the Articles of Confederation,  __________ out of 13 states had to agree. 

• 9
• 10
• 13
• 15

The Articles of Confederation created a _________________ central (national) government.

• strong
• average
• weak
• federal

In the Articles of Confederation, where was most of the government power placed?

• The States
• The National Government
• The Continental Congress
• The Legislative Branch

Who was the president under the articles?

• George Washington

• Each governor voted on a president

• The most senior Senator

• There wasn't one

One weakness of the Articles Of Confederation was that it lacked which 2 branches of government?

• Legislative & Executive
• Executive & Judicial
• Judicial & Legislative
• Executive & Oak

What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• the federal government was too weak

• It had no legislative branch

• The judicial was too powerful

• The executive was too powerful

Why was this first U.S. government so weak?

• King George III  was still in charge of USA
• Americans were afraid to give their new government too much power
• The American army did not win their independence from Great Britain and King George III
• ask; no

Because of the Articles  of  Confederarion the government could NOT regulate(control) ______ among the states.

• food quality
• laws
• travel
• commerce (trade)