Chapter 7: Creating a Republic

A loose alliance of 13 independent states

• Articles of Consolidation

• Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• The Confederation

How many people made up the Congress under the Articles of Confederation?

• 13

• 9

• 26

• 45

The Articles of Confederation (a)   have a president.

The Articles of Confederation (a)   have a Judicial Branch.

This is a picture of:

• The Northwest Ordinance

• The Land Ordinance of 1785

• The Northwest Territory

• The Northeast Territory

This map shows the (a)   , which provides a system of how land will be surveyed and divided into townships within the Northwest Territory.

Delegates believed that the colonies needed to be united by a national government in order to win independence; This is a reason for:

• Adopting the Constitution

• Adopting the Declaration of Independence

• Adopting the Articles of Confederation

• Amending the Articles of Confederation

Reasons for the failure of the Articles of Confederation:

• No congressional power to tax

• No congressional power to coin money

• No congressional power to regulate trade

• No executive branch to enforce laws

• No court system to settle conflicts between states

Why did it take so long for the states to ratify the Articles of Confederation?

• Maryland feared that larger states would have too much power

• Congress couldn't settle the land dispute of Vermont between New York and New Hampshire

• Britain refused to withdraw their troops from the Ohio River Valley

• Spain closed the port of New Orleans

The event where farmers attacked courthouses to prevent the state from seizing farms.

• The Boston Massacre

• The Courthouse Rebellion

• The Statehouse Rebellion

• Shays's Rebellion