Articles of Confederation

Republic

• people select representatives to govern

• alliance of independent states

• supreme ruler or head of state

Sovereign

• people select representatives to govern

• supreme ruler or head of state

• alliance of independent states

Ratification

• formal approval

• groups of citizen soldiers

Confederation

• groups of citizen soldiers

• alliance of independent states

• supreme ruler or head of state

Militias

• group of citizen soldiers

• formal approval

• people select representatives to govern

Delegates

• alliance of independent states

• people select representatives to govern

• chosen to represent a person or group

Levy Taxes

• taxes on imports or exports

• money collected by government

Tariffs

• money collected by government

• taxes on imports and exports

Shay's Rebellion

• • A series of attacks on courthouses by a small band of farmers led by Revolutionary War Captain Daniel Shays to block foreclosure proceedings on farms and farmland.

• An amount of money that must be paid and that is collected by a government or other authority

Founding Ideas

• weak central government, powerful states, act together for country

• no army, no taxes, no national currency, no regulation, no court