Chapter 3

Articles of Confederation was....

• A tax on goods/products

• The United States 1st social contract among the 13 colonies.

• A system of government where the central government is very WEAK and STATES hold MOST power.

• A political party who opposed the ratification of the NEW Constitution

A confederation is....

• A tax on goods/products

• A set of rules/laws that outlines the structure of government; a social contract

• A political party who opposed the ratification of the NEW Constitution

• A system of government where the central government is very WEAK and STATES hold MOST power.

Debt means....

• Money that is owed

• A tax on goods/products

• To approve

• A political party who supported the ratification of the NEW Constitution

Shay's Rebellion was.....

• A system of government where citizens elect members such as the president, members of congress, and senators to run the government.

• A legislature, or lawmaking group

• A person who is trying to be elected for political office.

• An uprising led by a former militia officer that protested the foreclosures of farms for debt

Type of government where the head of state is elected and in which the people hold the political power

• republic

• constitution

• ratification

• suffrage

Document that created a "firm league of friendship" among the states

• Constitution

• Northwest Territory

• Articles of Confederation

• Confederation Congress

What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• the national government was too weak

• It had no legislative branch

• The judicial was too powerful

• The executive was too powerful

A weakness of the Articles of Confederation is that it had __________ . 

• only an executive branch
• only a legislative branch
• only a judicial branch
• an executive and legislative branch

One major problem with the Articles of Confederation is that Congress could not ______ the citizens to raise money.

• tax
• ask
• demand
• force

Who had more power under the Articles of Confederation?

• Federal Government
• State Governments
• Individual people
• States with larger populations