Articles of Confederation

What is self-government?

• Self-government is when the government makes the laws.

• Self-government is when people make laws for themselves.

• Self-government is when there are no laws.

When were the Articles of Confederation accepted?

• 1871

• 1781

• 1981

• 1846

What could Congress do under the Articles of Confederation? Choose all the correct answers.

• Declare war

• Organize new territories

• Make peace treaties

• Borrow money

• Establish postal service

Why could the Articles of Confederation not make the states work together? Choose all the correct answers.

• States were printing their own money and deciding rules for trade.

• States wanted to go to war with each other.

• Congress asked states for money but they would not pay.

Daniel Shays led a group of _______ in a protest against high state taxes.

What did Shay's Rebellion show?

• that a STRONG national government could not keep order

• that a STRONG national government could keep order

• that a WEAK national government could not keep order

In February ____, Congress invited the states to discuss how to change the Articles of Confederation.

Where was the meeting that Congress invited the states to send delegates to?

• Philadephia

• Washington D.C.

• New York

• Boston

The ______ Continental Congress created a plan for the national government called the Articles of Confederation.

The Articles of Confederation made the national government ____ because it had less power than the state government.