STAAR Constitution 2022

1776 and Thomas Jefferson

• Declaration of Independence

• ratification of U.S. Constitution

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

1787 and James Madison

• Declaration of Independence

• ratification of U.S. Constitution

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

First national constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Man

• Treaty of Paris

The Articles of Confederation gave MOST powers to the __________.

• states

• national/ federal government

Under the Articles of Confederation, the National government could not ____, ___, or _____. (Select THREE choices.)

.

• have an army

• tax

• control trade

• set-up schools

One of the two success of the Articles of Confederation was _________________________.

• U.S. Post Office

• wi-fi

• cell phone towers

• discovery of gold in the West

The second success of the Articles of Confederation was the Northwest Ordinance, which

• admitted unorgainzed territories as new states into the U.S.

• created new tax formulas to tax newly admitted states

• set up health care systems

• limited term limits for state governors

The event was publicly displayed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation was a skirmish between government officials and Massachusetts farmers over taxes.

• Aaron Rodger's 400 touchdown

• Longoria Rebellion

• Creation of special tax free districts

• Shay's Rebellion

The Articles of Confederation created which TWO. (Select two choices.)

• Post Office

• Northwest Ordinance

• Department of Defense

• City Councils

Why did the Articles of Confederation grant the states the majority of power?

• to avoid a corrupt and abusive government

• it did not

• to create new industries

• to avoid war with foreign countries