Weak Confederation

What was the purpose of the Articles of Confederation?

• to establish state governments in the colonies
• to establish a government in lands west of the Appalachians
• to reduce land claims of larger states
• to unite the colonies under one national government

What were the English laws that influenced American political thought?

• Habeas Corpus and Navigation Acts
• Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights
• Petition of Right and Act of Union
• Statute of Westminster and Star Chamber

Which philosophical movement emphasized the use of reason to examine old ideas and traditions?

• Renaissance
• Romanticism
• Enlightenment
• Industrial Revolution

According to John Locke, what concept existed between political rulers and the people they ruled?

• Divine Right
• Absolute Monarchy
• Social Contract
• Autocracy

What were early models of self-government in colonial America?

• Royal Proclamations and Stamp Act Congress
• First Continental Congress and Treaty of Paris
• Town meetings, Virginia House of Burgesses, and Mayflower Compact
• Albany Plan and Plymouth Company

Which document contains Thomas Jefferson's ideas on religious freedom?

• Declaration of Independence
• Mayflower Compact
• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• Articles of Confederation

What did many state constitutions provide to most white men who paid taxes?

• Property rights
• Religious freedom
• Suffrage (right to vote)
• Freedom of speech

What powers did the Articles of Confederation grant to Congress?

• Authority to tax and raise an army
• Ability to regulate trade and control the judiciary
• Settling conflicts among states, making coins, borrowing money, and making treaties
• Establishing a national court system and appointing a president

When were the Articles of Confederation passed by the Second Continental Congress?

• July 4, 1776
• November 15, 1777
• September 17, 1787
• March 1781

What TWO features were absent in the national government created by the Articles of Confederation?

• President
• Congress
• National court system
• Currency