Quiz # 9 Articles of Confederation

Why couldn't the Confederate government solve the country's financial problems?

• The price of food and other goods rose

• It was a stronger government

• It had to withdraw from the Territories east of the Mississippi River

• Had little power

Write an example of how money was devalued (depriciated)

• The price of Spanish silver dollar increased from 40 to 146

• It charged a 5% tax on imported goods

• Pay the Royalists for property confiscated during the Revolutionary War

• "A little more than a shadow without substance"

What agreement of the 1783 Treaty of Paris was Britain not abiding by?

• To pay the Royalists for property confiscated during the Revolutionary War

• To withdraw from the Territories east of the Mississippi River

• To have a stronger government

• To pay a 5% tax on imported goods

What agreement of the Treaty of Paris of 1783 was the United States not abiding by?

• To pay a 5% tax on imported goods

• To withdraw from the Territories east of the Mississippi River

• To pay the Royalists for property confiscated during the Revolutionary War

• To have a stronger government

What did the colonies form after the Declaration of Independence?

• The 13 colonies became one State

• “A firm league of friendship.”

• Each colony became a country

• The 13 colonies fought for control of the territory

Means the people would elect representatives to help govern the country

• A monarchy

• An anarchy

• A republic

• A confederation

What is not a weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

• Changing constitution required 13 of 13 votes

• Government couldn’t raise taxes

• Couldn’t raise an army

• Passed the Land Ordinance of 1785

A government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement. Is:

• Limited government

• Rule of Law

• Self-Government

• Due process

What more than half the people in a community want

• Majority rule

• Natural freedom

• Direct democracy

• State of nature

The government was divided into parts, and each part had its own purpose.

• Social contract

• Sovereign

• Separation of powers

• Tabula rasa