New Nation Test

The Articles of Confederation was important because it –

• created a means for establishing the executive branch

• provided every citizen in America the right to vote

• enabled each of the 13 states to make separate treaties with foreign nations

• was the first form of government for America

The reason the Articles of Confederation only established the legislative branch was to -  

• show the importance of a representative legislature to foreign nations

• keep power out of the hands of the courts

• ensure the government would not become too powerful

• give the legislature supreme rule over all the states

One negative effect of the Articles of Confederation was that-  

• all citizens did not have the right to vote

• the Supreme Court held ultimate power over the government

• unalienable rights of the people were revoked

• no executive branch was provided to enforce the laws

The Articles of Confederation did not allow the federal government to levy taxes on citizens.  This led to -

• states taxing their citizens then giving all their funds to the federal government

• the federal government seizing lands from Loyalist during the American Revolution to generate revenue

•    the federal government being unable to pay off its war debts

• a protest by members of congress because of their lack of funding

Under the Articles most of the power resided with?

• The people

• The national government

• The central government

• The states

This was the First written Constitution of the U.S.

• Constitution

• MayFlower Compact

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independance

The wanting to protect individual states power, and the fear of a strong central government, "Was what weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Laws needed approval by 9 out of 13 States

• no chief executive

• no power to tax citizens

In the Articles of Confederation, where was most of the government power placed?

• The States
• The National Government
• The Continental Congress
• The Legislative Branch

What is the name of the first written plan of government in America?

• Constitution
• Treaty of Paris
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation

What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• the federal government was too weak

• It had no legislative branch

• The judicial was too powerful

• The executive was too powerful